Loutrophoros

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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1957 Αα 3

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Vessel

Period

Archaic Period

Date

End of 6th-beginning of 5th cent. BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.495 m
Rim diameter: 0.185 m
Body diameter: 0.165 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 4, No 16

Description
Bibliography

Loutrophoros-hydria decorated in the black-figure technique. It was found in 1957 in the Sanctuary of the Nymphe in fragments and was reassembled and restored.

On the neck of the vase a loutrophoria procession is depicted. A flute player and four women are participating, with the first of the women, selected by the relatives of the bride, carrying a loutrophoros-hydria filled with branches. Lower on the vase’s neck a narrow band is decorated, on one side, with a double palmette and on the other with two men, one naked and one dressed in himation. Both of the men are rendered in the silhouette technique.

On the vessel’s body two women holding flowers are following a man with a staff. On the other side a seated woman is depicted, flanked by two naked men and two seated, bearded men holding staffs. Further lower on the vase’s body, a secondary narrow band depicts a boar while the lowest part of the vessel is adorned with rays.

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Daux, G., «Chronique de fouilles», Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique 82, 1958, σελ. 660, 664, εικ. 11
Μηλιάδης, Ι., «Ανασκαφή νοτίως της Ακροπόλεως», Πρακτικά Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας του έτους 1957, τόμ. 113, 1962, σελ. 25-26, πίν. 4β
Karydi, E., «Schwarzfigurige Lutrophoren im Kerameikos», Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Athenische Abteilung 78, 1963, σελ. 91
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Παπαδοπούλου-Κανελλοπούλου, Χ., Ιερό της Νύμφης. Μελανόμορφες λουτροφόροι, 1997, Αθήνα, σελ. 183, αρ. κατ. 445
Winkler, H., Loutrophorie. Ein Hochzeitskult auf attischen Vasenbildern, 1999, Freiburg, σελ. ΙΙ.22, αρ. κατ. ΙΙ.20