Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/45.6.13

Accession_Number

45.6.13

Shape

Neck amphora

Shape_description

Two curved handles attached to shoulder and just below mouth. Neckhas a moulded ridge at base. The resting surface is wide and the base is concave.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 6/6

Decoration

Handles: black on top and reserved underneath. Inside and outside of mouth is black but the top is reserved, with accidental smears of paint. Neck is reserved and there are black tongues on the shoulder. Side A shows 3 mantled onlookers separated by objects like long leaves tapering downwards. Two are facing left and one is facing right. On side B is a runner holding an indistinguishable object. Ivy leaf under one handle and leaves in the field. Below picture is black to foot which is reserved on the side and underneath.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact, but badly worn on the surface so that the design is crude and lacking detail. Black paint at neck, mouth and towards base has almost completely worn away. 'Chunks' of clay missing in three or four places on body.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Period

High Archaic

Date

550-525

Dating_details

Artist

Group of Vatican G 52

Attribution

Beazley: ABV 462.53

Image

2003.44.0004.jpg	Two black-figure neck amphoras (left 45.9.1 and right 45.6.13).
2003.44.0097.jpg	Front view of an Attic black-figure amphora, showing a runner.
2003.44.0099.jpg	Front view of an Attic black-figure amphora, showing a runner.
2003.65.0093.jpg	Oblique 3/4 view (from below) of the back (side B) of an Attic black-figure neck amphora, showing a running warrior.
2003.97.0641.jpg	Front view of an Attic black-figure neck amphora, showing a runner.
2003.97.0642.jpg	Back view of an Attic black-figure neck amphora, showing three standing figures.
2003.97.0643.jpg	Back view of an Attic black-figure neck amphora, showing the mouth and some of the shoulder decoration
2003.97.0644.jpg	Bottom view of an Attic black-figure neck amphora, showing the reserved base.