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ID:

aa_5260

Beazley Number:

301377

Type:

Vase

Date:

-540 — -520

Period:

Archaic

Painter:

Attributed to The Affecter

Dimensions:

H 0.366m

Ware:

Attic Black Figure

Shape:

Belly amphora

Shape Description

Type C with rolled lip

Decoration Description

Side A: At center a male figure stands, facing right and carrying a spear in his left hand. He is bearded with long hair and wears a fillet, long chiton in added red, and a himation embroidered with white rosettes. In front of him is a bearded male figure running to the right and looking back to the left. He holds up a wreath in his right hand to the first figure and grasps a spear in his left. His long hair is bound with a fillet and tied back. He wears a chlamys embroidered with white rosettes. A similar male figure stands to the extreme left. On the right is a bearded male figure facing left and holding a spear in his right hand and a wreath in his left. He has long hair confined in a beaded fillet and wears a long chiton in added red and a himation embroidered with white rosettes.

Side B: Similar scene. At center a male figure stands, facing right and carrying a spear in his left hand. He is bearded with long hair and wears a fillet, long chiton with dots in added red, and an embroidered himation. Behind him is a bearded male figure facing right with a staff in his right hand and his left raised. His long hair is bound with a beaded fillet and he wears a long chiton in added red and an embroidered himation. In front of the first figure is a beardless male figure advancing to the right, but looking back to the left with his right hand raised. He wears his long hair tied back and confined with a fillet and an embroidered chlamys. On the right is a bearded male standing to the left and holding a spear in his right hand and a wreath in his left. He has long hair confined in a fillet and wears a long chiton in added red and an embroidered himation.

Over the design panel is a frieze of lotus buds. 'Affected' style.

Graffiti

Underneath the foot is incised *M*X*L.

Collection:

London, British Museum

ex Blacas Collection, 1867.

Citations and Bibliography

ABV, 246, 84, Beazley Addenda 1, 64

Walters 1893, 106-107; CVA, 3, 4, pl. 25, 6a,b; Boardman 1974, 65, fig. 156