Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
Obverse, Dionysos, satyr and maenad
Reverse, man courting youth
The decoration of this little amphora complements the Dionysiac themes on cups in this case. The graffito beneath one handle refers to a woman called Anthyle, perhaps the same one praised on two later hydriai (water jars). The gist may be rendered loosely as "Anthyle, up yours."
Reverse, man courting youth
The decoration of this little amphora complements the Dionysiac themes on cups in this case. The graffito beneath one handle refers to a woman called Anthyle, perhaps the same one praised on two later hydriai (water jars). The gist may be rendered loosely as "Anthyle, up yours."
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 550–540 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm); diameter 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
- Object Number: 41.162.32
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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