Athenian amphora: Representation of the Myth of Triptolemos

Classification

neck amphora ; black-figure pottery

Culture

Greek (culture); Etruscan

Dimensions

height: 31.1 cm

Date

ca. 510 B.C.

Period

Archaic Period (700–480)

Material

clay

Iconography

Triptolemos ; Persephone ; Demeter ; Apollon ; lotus palmette ; scroll motif ; rays pattern ; chair/throne ; wheel ; quadriga ; kithara ; warrior, soldier ; shield ; peplos ; mantle ; helmet

Production place

Athens

Findspot

Caere (Cerveteri)

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts ; Ráth, György Collection ; Fejérváry–Pulszky Collection ; Depoletti, Francesco Collection

Inventory

50.732

ID

Hyp-146

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy. 1981, 19, no. 9/d; Johnston, in BullMusHong 83 (1995), 21–22, 117–118, no. 3, fig. 13a-b; Bernard–Depoletti 2013, 209, fig. 126; Radisics, in Magyar Iparművészet IX/2 (1906), 59, fig. 63 (jobb); Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 36; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 41

Trails

Myths of gods and heroes

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