oinochoe
- Museum number
- 1836,0224.133
- Description
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Pottery: black figure oinochoe with a trefoil mouth and grooved handle. Design black on a red panel, with maeander above, and network down the sides: accessories of white and purple.
Two warriors (Palamedes and Protesilaos?) playing with pessi (dice): They are seated facing each other over a table, on which four pessi are visible, to which they stretch out their right hands. They are bearded, with long tresses, chitons, embroidered drapery over their loins, greaves, and swords; each holds two spears in left hand. Behind each is a high-crested visored helmet with a double crest and fillet, and a Boeotian shield with two pellets.
- Production date
- 540BC-480BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 22.86 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
Overbeck, Her. Bildw. p. 312. For the characters, cf. Euripides, Iph. Aul. 194.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1836,0224.133
