Athenian black-figure amphora: the death of Priamos

Classification

black-figure pottery ; belly amphora

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

height: 46.5 cm

Date

550–540 B.C.

Period

Archaic Period (700–480)

Material

clay

Artist

E Group

Iconography

Priamos ; altar ; Astyanax ; Andromache ; Theseus ; Minotaurus ; helmet ; shield ; armour ; female figure ; Neoptolemos ; Hecuba

Production place

Athens

Findspot

Vulci

Present location

London, British Museum, Department of Greece and Rome

Inventory

1842,0314.3

ID

Per-6718

References

Walters, CVA Great Britain 4, III.H.e. 9, no. B 205, pl. 43.2a–b

See more on the website of the British Museum and the Beazley Archive.

Trails

THE TROJAN EPIC CYCLE ; The fall of Troy

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.