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Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)

Black-figure Amphora · ca. 525–500 BCE

Neck-amphora. Greek, Attic. Archaic. Classification: Vases. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1906. Gallery 171.

Depicted Scenes

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Herakles

Mythology

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Athena

Mythology

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Athena

Mythology

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Hermes

Mythology

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Eros

Mythology

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Gigantomachy

Battle

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Ares

Mythology

Bibliography

4 references

Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum

Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum — NEW YORK, METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART 4, 39-40, PL.(765) 37.1-4

Catalogues & Reference Works

Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae — IV, PL.126, GIGANTES 189 (A)

PHOTOGRAPH(S) IN THE BEAZLEY ARCHIVE — 5 (A, B)

Books & Monographs

Garés-Molero, A., Rodríguez-Pérez, D., and Diez-Castillo, A.A. (eds.), Over Land and Sea, The long-distance trade, distribution and consumption of ancient Greek pottery (Oxford, 2025) (2025) — 67, FIG.6.5 (B)

Provenance

2 recorded events

Discovery

Cerveteri (?), Etruria, Italy

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First recorded

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Current location

Shape

Amphora

Technique

Black-figure

Period

Archaic

Date

ca. 525–500 BCE

Culture

Greek, Attic

Dimensions

D: 15.30 cm

Findspot

Cerveteri (?), Etruria, Italy

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession Number

06.1021.78

Image Source

met_cc0

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Related Vases

AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

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

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