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Two-handled jar (belly amphora) with dueling warriors, possibly Achilles and Memnon
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 510–500 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions
Height: 47.5 cm (18 11/16 in.); diameter: 30 cm (11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number89.256
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
CVA Boston 1, pl. 10.
DescriptionSide A: Duel over the body of a wounded warrior flanked by women, probably goddesses, with outstretched arms. Dueling bearded warriors wear short chitons, thigh guards, curraisses, greaves, Corinthian helmets, and the left warrior carries a Boiotian shield; the warrior on the ground, also bearded, dressed similarly.
Side B: Dionysos (laureate) holding a drinking horn opposite Ariadne, wearing peplos and fillet in hair, hands outstretched; Hermes, left of Dionysos with chlamys, petasos and high boots. Flanked by satyrs.
Condition: Examined by Mr. Young Jan. 1964 and found to be mostly modern.
Side B: Dionysos (laureate) holding a drinking horn opposite Ariadne, wearing peplos and fillet in hair, hands outstretched; Hermes, left of Dionysos with chlamys, petasos and high boots. Flanked by satyrs.
Condition: Examined by Mr. Young Jan. 1964 and found to be mostly modern.
ProvenanceBy 1889: with Pio Marinangeli, Rome (MFA Register of Pottery: from Corneto Tarquinia); March 1889: purchased by R. Lanciani from Pio Marinangeli; purchased by MFA from R. Lanciani, 1889