Miniature amphora

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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1957 Αα 94

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Vessel

Period

Archaic Period

Date

6th cent. BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.073 m
Diameter: 0.07 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 6, No 109

Description
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Miniature amphora decorated in the black-figure technique. It was found incomplete in 1957 at the Sanctuary of the Nymphe.

On the shoulder opposing cocks and a pair of Sirens are depicted. Between them grow lotus flowers. On the body the principal decoration, consisting of panthers framing a billy goat, is defined by dotted bands, while the rest of the area is filled with rosettes. The lower part of the vessel’s body is accentuated with rays and its foot with black colour.

Μπρούσκαρη, Μ., Μουσείον Ακροπόλεως. Περιγραφικός κατάλογος, Αθήνα, 1974, σελ. 96