- Museum number
- 1843,1103.18
- Description
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Pottery: black-figured amphora with cover. Designs in black on red panels, with interlacing lotus and honeysuckle pattern above; accessories of white and purple, the former faded. On the sides of the handles, ivy-wreaths.
(a) Dionysiac thiasos: In the centre Dionysos, bearded, with long hair, long chiton and striped himation, in right hand a keras, and Ariadne in long diapered chiton with purple diploidion and purple himation veiling her head, side by side to right; facing them a Satyr with fillet. On the right is a Maenad with long hair, fillet, long purple chiton, and nebris; in advance of her, two Satyrs, looking back, with fillets. On the left, a procession of two Satyrs, a Maenad (as the last), and another Satyr, to right; the Satyrs wear fillets.
(b) Quadriga to right (the third horse white), in which are a beardless charioteer, with fillet and long white chiton, and a parabates fully armed, with high-crested helmet and shield. At the further side of the chariot-group is a line of figures, beginning on the left with a beardless male figure, who has fillet, long chiton and striped himation, and a warrior with high-crested visored helmet, greaves, and a shield round which are purple pear-shaped markings, departing to left. Next is a warrior to right, with high-crested helmet, fillet, and striped himation, confronting a female figure with long hair, fillet, and long striped chiton. Behind her are two warriors to left, with lofty visored helmets, greaves and shields; the shield of the first has the device of a tripod in white, and a letter ‘A’ between two pellets in purple. They are followed by a beardless figure with fillet, long purple chiton, and striped himation, and a warrior with high-crested helmet, cuirass, short diapered chiton, and greaves. At the horses' heads is a warrior to left with high-crested helmet, greaves, and shield with a pellet in purple; behind him a bearded male figure with fillet, long chiton, and striped himation, and a female figure with long hair, fillet, long purple chiton and bordered himation.
- Production date
- 530BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 355 millimetres
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Height: 535 millimetres
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Weight: 7250 grammes
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Width: 355 millimetres
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Depth: 355 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
Micali, Storia, iii. p. 144, and pl. 86, 1, 2.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1843
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1843,1103.18
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 567
