oinochoe

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Object Type
Museum number: 1894,1101.681
Description: Attic black figure oinochoe or jug with a trefoil mouth, decorated with a heroic figural scene of a chariot and warriors; wheel-made; depressed ovoid-globular body on a ring base; concave neck and everted rim (almost completely restored); arching handle from shoulder to rim; the scene is framed within a panel: at the front, a four-horse chariot (central part missing) driven by a bearded man with a shield on his back; behind him is a Scythian archer, with pointed cap, quiver and bow; at the back of the scene are two hoplites in close combat, with another warrior entering from the right; vase repaired from fragments and much restored; surviving surfaces very worn in places.
Producer name
Cultures/periods: Attic; Archaic Greek
Production date: 550BC-530BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Attica (Greece)
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amathus, Sites D', tomb 129
Materials
Ware
Technique: slipped; incised; wheel-made; painted
Dimensions: Height: 26.67 centimetres
Curator's comments: Both Excavations in Cyprus (pp. 106-7) and Gjerstad (GGAPC (p. 51)) interpret the scene as an episode from the Trojan Cycle, though it may also depict a generic heroic battle.
Bibliographic references: Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus (p. 121, Tomb 129; pp. 106-107 & fig. 153); ABV / Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (p. 430); Gjerstad et al. GGAPC / Greek Geometric and Archaic pottery found in Cyprus (No. 491, p. 51 & pl. LIV,1-2)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: charioteer/chariot; warrior; archer
Acquisition name
Funder name
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1894,1101.681

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