Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/45.9.1

Accession_Number

45.9.1

Shape

Neck amphora

Shape_description

Wide mouth with flat rim. Two handles, one either side. Concave base.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 5/6

Decoration

Mouth black inside and outside. Reserved rim. Handles painted black on top and reserved underneath. Each handle has two lines down the back dividing it into three sections and a dolphin (?) painted in black below each one. The neck has two rows of ivy leaves separated by a band of dots. Ridge at base of neck and petals around shoulder. Both sides have a similar design of a warrior setting out between two onlookers. Detail is incised. Below is a double row of staggered dots and rays. Foot is black on top and side, but reserved on resting surface and base.

Inscriptions

Condition

Possibly repaired. Paint is in bad condition and surface feels rough as paint has flaked away. Glaze has been lost and the paint on the foot and inside the mouth is untidy and streaky.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Period

Late Archaic

Date

500

Dating_details

Artist

Painter of Wuerzburg 234

Attribution

Beazley: ABV 591.7

Image

2003.44.0003.jpg	Two black-figure neck amphoras, (left 45.9.1 and right 45.6.13)
2003.44.0096.jpg	Front view of an Attic black-figure neck amphora, showing a warrior between two draped youths with spears.
2003.44.0098.jpg	Back view of an Attic lekythos.
2003.65.0004.jpg	Two black-figure neck amphoras (left 45.9.1 and right 45.6.13).
2003.65.0092.jpg	Oblique side view (from slightly below) of an Attic black-figure neck amphora, showing a dolphin under the handle.
2003.97.0589.jpg	Front veiw of Attic black-figure neck amphora, showing a warrior between two draped youths with spears.
2003.97.0590.jpg	Front veiw of Attic black-figure neck amphora, showing a warrior between two draped youths with spears.
2003.97.0591.jpg	Top veiw of Attic black-figure neck amphora, showing the rim.
2003.97.0592.jpg	Bottom veiw of Attic black-figure neck amphora, showing the reserved base.