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Accession_Number

50.3.1

Shape

Amphora

Shape_description

Flat rim; shallow mouth; broad neck; two handles curve upwards from near the bottom of the neck to the top of the body; small ridge between neck and shoulder; body tapers into broad, thick, flat base; underside concave.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 6/6

Decoration

Red rim, mouth black inside but lower half reserved. Handles are black on top and reserved underneath. In neck zone are palmettes with dots joined by chain. Bars on shoulder. Side A; Dionysos holding wine cup, between two dancing maenads with ivy vines in the field. Side B; two warriors fighting over fallen man with spears and a shield with a leg motif and red details. Palmettes in field are attached to tendrils under the handles. Below are dots joined by zigzags with rays below. Moulded red ridge then black foot with uneven reserved band at base. Base is reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Originally acquired as a box of fragments in 1950 and restored and repaired in 1978. Repainted at breaks. Glaze remains shiny. Possibly retouched paint (?).

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Period

High Archaic / Late Archaic

Date

525-500

Dating_details

Artist

Dot-band Class; Group of Brussels R312

Attribution

Image

2001.99.0014.jpg	Side view of an Attic black-figure amphora (side A), showing Dionysus holding a wine cup with maenads on either side.
2001.99.0015.jpg	Side view of an Attic black-figure amphora (side A), showing Dionysus holding a wine cup with maenads on either side.
2001.99.0016.jpg	Side view of an Attic black-figure amphora (side B), showing two warriors fighting over a third, fallen, warrior.
2001.99.0017.jpg	End view of an Attic black-figure amphora, showing palmette tendrils beneath a handle.
2005.88.0071.jpg
2005.90.0020.jpg
2007.01.0004.jpg	End view of an Attic black-figure amphora, showing palmette tendrils beneath a handle.
2007.01.0010.jpg	End view of an Attic black-figure amphora, showing palmette tendrils beneath a handle.
2007.01.0011.jpg	Side view of an Attic black-figure amphora (side A), showing Dionysus holding a wine cup with maenads on either side.
2007.01.0024.jpg	Side view of an Attic black-figure amphora (side B), showing two warriors fighting over a third, fallen, warrior.
2007.01.0041.jpg	End view of an Attic black-figure amphora, showing palmette tendrils beneath a handle.
2007.01.0042.jpg	End view of an Attic black-figure amphora, showing palmette tendrils beneath a handle.
2007.01.0102.jpg	End view of an Attic black-figure amphora, showing palmette tendrils beneath a handle.
2007.01.0103.jpg	End view of an Attic black-figure amphora, showing palmette tendrils beneath a handle.