amphora
- Museum number
- 1836,0224.30
- Description
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Pottery: black-figured amphora. Designs black on red panels, with borders of lotus-buds along the top; accessories of white and purple.
(a) Dionysos to right, bearded, with long hair and ivy-wreath; he wears a long chiton and striped embroidered himation; in his right hand is a cantharos, in left a vine-branch. On either side is a tall object of the shape of a caduceus; these may denote kamakes or vine-poles.
(b) Similar to (a), except that Dionysos holds the vine-branch in his right hand, and a keras in his left; his chiton is embroidered with purple spots, his himation with white rosettes.
On the bottom, incised characters.
- Production date
- 530BC-510BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 162 millimetres
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Height: 279 millimetres
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Weight: 1110 grammes
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Width: 162 millimetres
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Depth: 161 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
For the incised characters, see Old Catalogue, pl. B596.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1836,0224.30
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 9....
