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Water jar (hydria) with Amphiaraos bidding farewell to Eriphyle
Greek
Classical Period
about 440–430 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Overall: 40cm (15 3/4in.)
Diameter: 29cm (11 7/16in.)
Diameter with Handles: 35cm (13 3/4in.)
Diameter: 29cm (11 7/16in.)
Diameter with Handles: 35cm (13 3/4in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.798
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 058.
DescriptionAmphiaraos armed, bidding farewell to Eriphyle, only a bit of whose hair appears. At right nurse with child Amphilochos. Greek inscription 'Amphiaraos' (A[MPHI]ARAOS) above Amphiaros' head. A greater part of the lip of the vase and the left side missing. A bit of the Greek inscription 'Eriphyle' ([ERI]PHYLE) above the missing segment.
InscriptionsFrom Left to Right:
[ΕΡΙ]ΦVΛΗ
Α[ΜΦ]ΙΑΡΗΟS
[ΕΡΙ]ΦVΛΗ
Α[ΜΦ]ΙΑΡΗΟS
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Paris, from Athens.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903