neck-amphora

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Object Type
Museum number: 1836,0224.178
Description: Pottery: black-figured neck-amphora. (a) A quadriga turned three-quarters to right at full speed; in it are a charioteer in long white chiton, and a warrior with high-crested helmet and spear. (b) Combat of three warriors: On the left is a warrior fully armed, with short purple chiton and shield with device of a crescent, attacking with spear a fully-armed warrior kneeling on one knee; he has a shield with two pellets, short embroidered chiton, and high-crested helmet, and defends himself with spear. Behind him is a third warrior, as the first, with shield painted white, thrusting with spear.
Cultures/periods: Archaic Greek; Attic
Production date: 510BC-500BC
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Italy (Magna Graecia)
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Height: 22.86 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (B293); Old Catalogue / A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (505); CVA British Museum 4 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 5, British Museum 4 (III H e Pl. 69, 10)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: charioteer/chariot; war
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Edmé Antoine Durand (sale); Purchased through: Peter Oluf Brøndsted
Acquisition date: 1836
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1836,0224.178

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