Vases Black-figure Amphora AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

Black-figure EXEKIAS · Amphora · -575 to -525
A,B: AJAX CARRYING THE BODY OF ACHILLES, BOEOTIAN SHIELDS, DEVICES, HEAD OF LION BETWEEN BIRDS, PROTOME OF PANTHER, BIRD, HEAD OF PANTHER BETWEEN LIONS, GORGONEION BETWEEN SNAKES | Frieze below: ANIMAL FRIEZE, BULLS, LIONS | Shoulder A: COCKS BETWEEN YOUTHS | Shoulder B: ANIMAL FRIEZE, BULL, LIONS, BIRDS
Shape
Technique
Date
-575 to -525
Culture
ATHENIAN
Painter
Attribution
Attributed
Findspot
Vulci, Etruria, Italy
Museum
Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich
Accession Number
1470
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)