Vases Black-figure Amphora AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Black-figure Group E · Amphora · -575 to -525
A: BIRTH OF ATHENA, ZEUS SEATED ON CHAIR WITH PROTOME OF HORSE AND YOUTHS, WITH THUNDERBOLT AND SCEPTRE, APOLLO PLAYING KITHARA, POSEIDON, HERA, HEPHAISTOS, EILEITHYIA, ARES, HERAKLES (SOME NAMED) | B: WARRIOR DEPARTING IN CHARIOT, CHARIOTEER IN NEBRIS, MEN, SOME OLD, ONE SEATED ON STOOL, ONE WITH SHIELD AND HELMET, SOME NAMED | Frieze below A: ANIMAL FRIEZE, GOATS, PANTHERS, SWANS | Frieze below B: ANIMAL FRIEZE, PANTHERS, GOATS | Lid 1: HUNTSMEN, HORSEMEN AND YOUTHS, BOAR, DEER | Lid 2: ANIMAL FRIEZE, PANTHERS, GOATS, DEER, LIONS
Inscription
Named: HEPHAISTOS, HERA, POSEIDON, APOLON, ATHENAIA, HILEITHYA | Named: KALIAS, ANTHIPOS, ETEOKLOS
Shape
Technique
Date
-575 to -525
Culture
ATHENIAN
Painter
Attribution
Attributed
Findspot
Vulci, Etruria, Italy
Museum
British Museum
Accession Number
B147
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)