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Accession_Number

26.12.14

Shape

Oinochoe

Shape_description

Trefoil lip. Strap handle curves down from rim to shoulder. Bulbous body. Resting surface slightly concave

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 6/6

Decoration

Lip, handle, neck and back of body all black. Horizontal row of nine tongues at top, just below neck, above main, reserved panel, with two parallel, vertical black lines either side of panel (shields ?). Main design of warrior facing right, with helmet, shield, and spear. Ivy leaves on stems in field. Foot is black on top and side, but reserved on resting surface.

Inscriptions

Condition

Part of lip missing. Mouth and handle repaired. Paint particularly worn behind handle, and somewhat on handle and on rim.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Period

Late Archaic

Date

500-475

Dating_details

Artist

Athena Painter; Class of Copenhagen 68

Attribution

Beazley (attributed to 'Perhaps the Athena Painter', and 'Compare to Copenhagen 68'; certainly belongs to the 'Group of the Athena Painter'): ABV 704.5bis

Image

2003.44.0005.jpg	Front view of an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing a warrior with shield and spear moving to the right.
2003.97.0678.jpg	Front view of an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing a warrior.
2003.97.0679.jpg	Back view of an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing the back of the handle and an area where paint is worn beneath handle.
2003.97.0680.jpg	Top view of an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing the trefoil lip.
2003.97.0681.jpg	Bottom view of an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing the reserved base.
2005.02.0366.jpg