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Source Description
The two sides of this neck-amphora both depict warriors—one preparing to depart for battle in a four-horse chariot, three doing battle on the other side. Two of those battling hold spears and so-called “Boiotian shields,” with cutout sides, while the vanquished warrior holds only a round shield, apparently having lost his weapon. The departing warrior also holds a round shield, but the faded devices of these round shields differ on the two sides (a rosette and a bucranium, respectively), suggesting that the warriors carrying them differ as well.
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111500
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Black-Figure Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel): Departing Warrior with Chariot (A); Battling Warriors (B)
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111500
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object
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Black-Figure Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel): Departing Warrior with Chariot (A); Battling Warriors (B)
description
The two sides of this neck-amphora both depict warriors—one preparing to depart for battle in a four-horse chariot, three doing battle on the other side. Two of those battling hold spears and so-called “Boiotian shields,” with cutout sides, while the vanquished warrior holds only a round shield, apparently having lost his weapon. The departing warrior also holds a round shield, but the faded devices of these round shields differ on the two sides (a rosette and a bucranium, respectively), suggesting that the warriors carrying them differ as well.
date
c. 520–510 BCE
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60757156
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 32.1 cm (12 5/8 in.)
cul
Greek, Attic
accession
1929.979
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Black-Figure Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel): Departing Warrior with Chariot (A); Battling Warriors (B), c. 520–510 BCE. Greek, Attic. Ceramic; overall: 32.1 cm (12 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1929.979
collection
GR - Greek
didYouKnow
A neck-amphora is a type of amphora with separately constructed neck and body.
citations
citation
Beazley Archive. n.d. <em>Beazley Archive Pottery Database</em>. Oxford: Beazley Archive.
page_number
BAPD 1496
citation
R. H. "Greek Vases." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>17, no. 7 (July 1930): 137-138, 143.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 137-138; Reproduced: p. 143
citation
Boulter, C. G., Jenifer Neils, and Gisela Walberg. <em>Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum</em>. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1971.
page_number
p. 7, plates 10 & 11,I
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 05:54:09.139000
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111500
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Greek
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ceramic
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