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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1956 ΝΑΚ 225

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Vessel

Period

Hellenistic Period

Date

160-140 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.22 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 2, No 88

Description
Bibliography

West slope amphora mended from many fragments and restored. It was found in 1956 in cistern 14 on the south slope of the Acropolis.

The ringed-shaped base is two-stepped and the body conical with grooves. On the wide neck, on each side, there are two small, round projections. The rim is outturned and two Satyr masks are attached to the base of the vertical, twisted handles. The pot is covered inside and out with black lustrous glaze and once had West slope decoration on its outer surface which is not preserved.

Vogeikoff, N., Hellenistic Pottery from the South Slope of the Athenian Acropolis (διδακτορική διατριβή), Bryan Mawr College, 1993, σελ. 147, εικ. 79, πίν. 208, αρ. κατ. D 21
Vogeikoff-Brogan, N., «Late Hellenistic Pottery in Athens: A New Deposit and Further Thoughts on the Association of Pottery and Societal Change», Hesperia Supplement 69, 2000, σελ. 300, εικ. 5, αρ. κατ. 12