Amphora
48-30-1
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Italy
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 48-30-1 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Italy |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Date Made | ca. 550 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure |
| Iconography | Poseidon | Nisyros | Polybotes | Warriors? | Giants? | Charioteer | Warfare |
| Description | Amphora Type B (as Richter & Milne, figs. 3-4) Minor pieces missing. A. Center, Poseidon, at left, hurling the island Nisyros on the semi-recumbent giant Polybotes at right. On either side is a fully armed warrior, perhaps giants. B. Frontal quadriga, with charioteer. Lotus and palmette chain above panels, rays above foot. |
| Height | 46.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Annie May Hegeman, 1948 |
| Other Number | L-3-1 - Old Loan Number |
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