amphora
- Museum number
- 1952,0505.13
- Description
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Fragment of belly of Clazomenian black-figure painted pottery broad-amphora. Naked man with hands tied behind him. Purple for bonds on wrists. White for object stretching below his hand. Perhaps this is Prometheus tied to a rock.
- Production date
- 550BC-500BC (possibly circa 530 BC (S.Weber))
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.50 centimetres
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Thickness: 0.50 centimetres
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Width: 4.90 centimetres (max)
- Curator's comments
- (Pl. GB 590, 17): Perhaps this is Prometheus tied to a rock: compare the earlier Laconian cup by the Arcesilas painter in the Vatican (C. Albizzati, Vast Dipinti ii, pl. 17. 220), though there it is a column to which Prometheus is tied.
BSA xlvii, 13 i-C II.20.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1952
- Acquisition notes
- Acquisition details unclear in available documentation.
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1952,0505.13
