neck-amphora

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Object Type
Museum number: 1856,1226.220
Description: Pottery: black-figured neck-amphora. Side A: sacrifice to terminal figure: bearded man holding lustral branches and pouring wine from a libation-bowl over a fire burning on an altar; on the other side, terminal figure, ithyphallic and wreathed. Side B: Similar scene; man pours wine from oinochoe.
Producer name
Cultures/periods: Archaic Greek (late); Attic
Production date: 500BC-480BC
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Height: 27.94 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Swaddling 2004 / The Ancient Olympic Games (M122); Olympism in Antiquity 1998 / Olympism In Antiquity (p. 55L); CVA British Museum 3 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 4, British Museum 3 (p. 71, (Fig. 82))
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2021 - 2022 27 Apr – 16 Jan, Madrid, Caixa Forum, “Human Image” 2022 16 Feb – 29 May, Seville, Caixa Forum, “Human Image” 2022 28 Jun - 9 Oct, Zaragoza, Caixa Forum, “Human Image” 2022 -2023 22 Nov - 9 Apr, Palma, Caixa Forum, “Human Image”
Subjects
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1856,1226.220
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: M122 (Museum Secretum)
Conservation

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