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cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/52.3.1

Accession_Number

52.3.1

Shape

Neck amphora

Shape_description

Wide mouth with flat, reserved rim. Two strap handles, one on each side, curve up from top of neck then down to shoulder. Body is inverted pear shape, tapering to very small foot with groove in middle.Ring on the junction of the body and the foot. Underside almost conical up to small, central, convex circle

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 7/6. Reddish yellow clay.

Decoration

Mouth black inside and out, apart from flat exterior. Handles are black on top and sides but reserved underneath. Palmette and swirl pattern in black on neck. Small ridge at base of neck and vertical black tongues on shoulder. Side A: Heracles and Triton or Nereus (both equally possible as monster has tail and old man with staff associated with Nereus, but is unclothed as associated with Triton) with one male draped onlooker in profile to the left carrying a stick. The opposite side (B) is of a warrior (shield emblem chariot body painted in white) between two male draped onlookers carrying sticks. Added red on onlookers mantles, Nereus beard, and white on the shield. Below figures is a double row of large dots, bewteen two narrow bands with rays below to foot.Undr the handles, lotus and palmette . The foot is black and has two steps. Resting surface and conical base are both reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Complete and repaired. Glaze remains. Body and neck mended from a number of pieces. Small chips around the neck. White deposits on the underside of the foot and on the top of the rim.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Period

Late Archaic

Date

525-500

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

	Front view of an Attic amphora (side A), showing decoration of Heracles wrestling Triton or Nereus.
2003.92.0371.jpg	Back view of an Attic amphora (side B), showing decoration of a warrior between two onlookers.
2003.92.0372.jpg	End view of an Attic amphora, showing handle, and palmette and swirl pattern below handle.
2003.92.0373.jpg	End view of an Attic amphora, showing handle, and palmette and swirl pattern below handle (right palmette almost completely worn off).
2003.97.0593.jpg	Top view of an Attic amphora, showing reserved rim, top of handles, and interior.
2003.97.0594.jpg	View from below of an Attic amphora (upside down), showing reserved conical underside.
2004.05.0013.jpg	Front view (side A) of an Attic black-figure neck amphora showing Herakles wrestling with a sea monster (probably Triton), while Iolaos (?) looks on.
2004.05.0014.jpg	Back view (side B) of an Attic black-figure neck amphora showing a hoplite warrior between two onlookers.
2004.05.0015.jpg	Back view (side B) of an Attic black-figure neck amphora showing a hoplite warrior between two onlookers.
2004.05.0016.jpg	Front view (side A) of an Attic black-figure neck amphora showing Herakles wrestling with a sea monster (probably Triton), while Iolaos (?) looks on.
2004.05.0017.jpg	Detailed view of the front (side A) of an Attic black-figure neck amphora, showing Herakles wrestling with a sea monster (probably Triton), while Iolaos (?) looks on.
2005.90.0023.jpg
2007.02.0022.jpg	Front view of an Attic black-figure amphora, showing Herakles wrestling a sea monster.
2007.02.0023.jpg	Front view of an Attic black-figure amphora, showing Herakles wrestling a sea monster.
2013.99.0001.jpg	Front view of an Attic neck amphora (side A), showing Heracles wrestling Triton or Nereus.
2013.99.0002.jpg	Front view of an Attic neck amphora (side A), showing Heracles wrestling Triton or Nereus.
2013.99.0003.jpg	Oblique view of an Attic neck amphora (side A), showing Heracles wrestling Triton or Nereus, and the mouth.
2013.99.0004.jpg	Front view of an Attic neck amphora (side profile), showing lotus and palmette decoration.
2013.99.0005.jpg	Front view of an Attic neck amphora (side B), showing a warrior between two male draped onlookers carrying sticks.
2013.99.0006.jpg	test
2013.99.0007.jpg	Front view of part of an Attic neck amphora (side A), showing Heracles wrestling Triton or Nereus.
2013.99.0008.jpg	Front view of part of an Attic neck amphora (side A), showing Heracles wrestling Triton or Nereus with a male draped onlooker in profile carrying a stick.
2013.99.0009.jpg	Front view of part of an Attic neck amphora (side B), showing a warrior and one male draped onlooker carring a stick with profile to the right.
2013.99.0010.jpg	Front view of part of an Attic neck amphora (side B), showing a warrior between two male draped onlookers carrying sticks.
2013.99.0011.jpg	Front view of part of an Attic neck amphora (side B), showing part of a warrior and one male draped onlooker carring a stick with profile to the left.
2013.99.0012.jpg	Front view of the mouth of an Attic neck amphora.
2013.99.0013.jpg	Front view of the base of an Attic neck amphora.