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Accession_Number

85.3.1

Shape

Column krater

Shape_description

High, vertical sided neck joins sharply at shoulder with bulbous body; two-stepped base, bottom step rounded; concave base.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Attic

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 7/4

Decoration

All around the neck (except where the handles would have been attached) is a band of chained together, inverted teardrop shapes and dots within two black lines. Main decoration on body consists of two bordered figural scenes; Side A: Dionysus on donkey led by boy; Side B: Hephaistos (Dionysos, according to Mannack) on donkey led by boy. Both scenes are bordered by two lines of vertical dots between three vertical black lines at the sides, and a series of alternating thick and thin vertical black lines above. At the bottom of the body is a band of upward pointing rays.

Inscriptions

Condition

30+ fragments rejoined, but missing at least 7 more. Most of neck and mouth missing, as are both handles. Surface decoration worn, especially on side B.

Technique/Style

Red figure

Provenance

Period

High Classical

Date

450-425

Dating_details

Artist

Painter of Tarquinia 707

Attribution

Beazley ('near'): ARV2 1112.1; Mannack ('manner of'): Mannack 2001, 146, cat. t.1

Image

2007.01.0093.jpg	Side view of a column krater, showing Dionysus / Hephaistos on a donkey led by a boy.
2007.01.0094.jpg	Side view of a column krater, showing Dionysus / Hephaistos on a donkey led by a boy.
2007.01.0095.jpg	Side view of a column krater, showing a donkey led by a boy.
2007.01.0096.jpg	Side view of a column krater, showing Dionysus / Hephaistos on a donkey led by a boy.
2007.01.0097.jpg	Side view of a column krater, showing Dionysus / Hephaistos on a donkey led by a boy.
2007.01.0098.jpg	Side view of a column krater, showing Dionysus / Hephaistos on a donkey led by a boy.
2007.01.0099.jpg	Top view of Attic column krater fragments.
2008.98.0480.jpg	Oblique view, from above, of an Attic red-figure column krater, showing Dionysos on a donkey, led by a boy satyr.
2008.98.0481.jpg	Profile view of the front of an Attic red-figure column krater, showing Dionysos on a donkey, led by a boy satyr.
2008.98.0482.jpg	Detail view of the front of an Attic red-figure column krater, showing Dionysos on a donkey, led by a boy satyr.
2008.98.0483.jpg	Profile view of the side of an Attic red-figure column krater, showing the attachment points for the handles (now missing).
2008.98.0484.jpg	Profile view of the back of an Attic red-figure column krater, showing Hephaistos on a donkey, led by a boy satyr.
2008.98.0485.jpg	Detail view of the back of an Attic red-figure column krater, showing Hephaistos on a donkey, led by a boy satyr.
2008.98.0486.jpg	Profile view of the side of an Attic red-figure column krater.
2008.98.0487.jpg	Bottom view of an Attic red-figured column krater, showing the reserved underside.