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Source Description
On side A two maenads are depicted walking to the right. Two maenads are again depicted on side B. A sphinx is under each handle.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
1835
label
Amphora with Maenads
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
1835
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Amphora with Maenads
description
On side A two maenads are depicted walking to the right. Two maenads are again depicted on side B. A sphinx is under each handle.
provenance
Castel Campanile 1837 [from label on vase at time of acquisition]; Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
500-490 BCE (Late Archaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
amphorae (storage vessels)
vases
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
19.8
height
12
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 13/16 x Diam: 4 3/4 in. (19.8 x 12 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
style
Attic
med
terracotta, wheel made; black figure
creator_ids
4737
collection_ids
GRC
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
5207be218840000b