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Accession_Number

49.8.8

Shape

Oinochoe

Shape_description

Trefoil lip; large handle with high sides making central channel curves up from rim, then down to top of body; bulbous body; small, flat base with central sunken disk

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 7/6

Decoration

Inside and outside of mouth and handle is black as is neck and back of body. At base of neck is a key / meander design between two moulded ridges and only appears on the front. On the body, metope bearing the figure decoration. On the top of the metope. black tongues.Main design is in a panel showing a Quadriga moving to the left. Horses' heads turned towards different directions. One to the left, other three run their heads to the centre facng each other. On the quadriga, hoplites in profile either side both facing right, holding shields and spears and wearing helmets. One of the shields is decorated with a feline picked out in white, only the back part of which can be seen. Behind the quadriga, a hoplite in profile to the right. He is holding his spear and seems ready to attack. He has a shield decorated with three dots with added white, he wears a short chiton, a cuirass and a Corinthian helmet. In front of the chariot, hoplite in profile, moving to the left, having his head turned backwards. He is wearing cuirass, short chiton, a helmet. He is holding his shield and two spears. Added red-purple on reins of horses and headbands and tunic of warriors, as well as contours of the shields. Added white on lion of the shield and decoration of the shield of the second hoplite which is not clear, the edge of the sword of the first hoplite, the dots on the shiled and a band on the body of the last hoplite. Red band at base of panel running all around the vase's body and foot is black on top, but reserved on side. Resting surface reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact. Small chip on the neck. Gloss is shiny and picture remains clear. On the back side of the body, gloss is faded. Paint worn on handle and under mouth rim. White paint has faded. white deposits on the top of the foot. Colour remains clear.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Period

Late Archaic

Date

500

Dating_details

Artist

Class of Vatican G 47

Attribution

Beazley: ABV 430.14

Image

2003.97.0618.jpg	Detail of the front of the body of an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing a chariot and warriors.
2003.97.0619.jpg	Detail of the front of the body of an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing a chariot and warriors.
2003.97.0620.jpg	Back view of an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing the handle.
2003.97.0621.jpg	Bottom view of an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing the base and some of the body.
2003.97.0622.jpg	Top view of an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing the trefoil-lip and top of handle.
2003.97.0623.jpg	Front view of an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing a chariot and warriors.
2004.03.0002.jpg	3/4-view of the right side of an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing a chariot and warriors.
2004.03.0003.jpg	3/4-view of the left side of an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing a chariot and warriors.
2004.03.0004.jpg	Front view of an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing a chariot and warriors.
2004.03.0005.jpg	Left side view of an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing a chariot and warriors.
2004.03.0006.jpg	Detailed view of the right side of the figural panel on an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing a hoplite behind a chariot.
2004.03.0007.jpg	Detailed view of the left side of the figural panel on an Attic black-figure oinochoe, showing a hoplite warrior in front of an advancing chariot.