Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
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- Alternative Title
- Amphora
- Vase B210
- Old Catalogue 554
- Creator Display
- attributed to Exekias (Ancient Greek vase painter, active 540-520 BCE); Exekias (Ancient Greek potter, active 540-520 BCE)
- Creator
- Photographer
- Date
- -0540/-0530
- Description
- Black-figured pottery amphora. Under each handle, two patterns of spirals. (a) Achilles slaying Penthesilea: Achilles steps to right, bearded, with long tresses, fully armed, high-crested helmet and short striped chiton, and has beaten down the Amazon queen Penthesilea on one knee, and plunges spear into her throat. She has a high-crested helmet with cheek-pieces and serpent in relief, short diapered chiton, over which is a pardalis (leopard skin), sword and shield, and looks back at him, thrusting vainly with spear; a stream of blood gushes from her wound. In front of Achilles is inscribed: ΑΧΙΛΕΥΣ; in front of Penthesilea: ΠΕΝΘΕΣΙΛΥΑ. On the left is inscribed: Έχσηκίας έπτοίησε; on the right: Όνητορίδης καλός. (b) Dionysos and Oinopion: Dionysos to left (facing left), bearded, with hair looped up and wreathed with ivy, long white chiton and embroidered himation, holds in left hand vine-branches, and with right gives a cantharos to his son, Oinopion, who stands facing him, nude and beardless, his hair looped up with a myrtle wreath, holding an oinochoe in right hand. In front of Dionysos is inscribed: ΣΟΣΝΟΙΔ (retr.), Διόνυσος; above Oinopion: OINOΠION; behind him: Όνητορίδης καλός, as on (a). --The British Museum
- A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893; Walters, H B, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 5, British Museum 4, London, BMP, 1929
- View
- Front
- Temporal
- ca. 540-530 BCE
- Coverage
- Vulci, Lazio, Italy (discovery)
- Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece (creation)
- Inscription
- Side A: In front of Achilles is inscribed: ΑΧΙΛΕΥΣ; in front of Penthesilea: ΠΕΝΘΕΣΙΛΥΑ. On the left is inscribed: Έχσηκίας έπτοίησε; on the right: Όνητορίδης καλός.; Side B: In front of Dionysos is inscribed: ΣΟΣΝΟΙΔ (retr.), Διόνυσος; above Oinopion: OINOΠION; behind him: Όνητορίδης καλός, as on (a).
- Keyword
- Penthesilea
- Myth between Iliad and Odyssey
- Work Type
- Cultural Context
- Style / Period
- Material
- pottery | painted; incised
- Measurements
- Height: 41 cm Width: 29 cm Diameter: 18 cm (This refers to the mouth of the vase.)
- Rights Holder
- University of Oregon, Department of Classics
- Identifier
- Lowenstam_VRC_01481
- Item Locator
- Box 4, Section 4
- Repository
- Current Repository ID
- 1836,0224.127
- Local Collection Name
- Institution
- Submission Date
- 08/03/2015
- Modified
- 07/25/2022
- Collections
APA
Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. (05 Aug 2024). Death of Penthesileia Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df693f40b
MLA
Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. "Death of Penthesileia" Oregon Digital. 05 Aug 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df693f40b
Chicago
Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. "Death of Penthesileia" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-08-05. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df693f40b
Wiki
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Footer Number | Term | External URI |
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1 | Exekias | http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500027430 |
2 | Lowenstam, Steven | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82014350 |
3 | amphorae (storage vessels) | http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300148696 |
4 | Archaic (Greek culture or period) | http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300020086 |
5 | Attic (culture) | http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300386850 |
6 | Black-figure | http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300020195 |
7 | Attic (Mainland Greek pottery styles) | http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300020118 |
8 | British Museum | http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500125180 |
9 | Steven Lowenstam Collection | http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/StevenLowenstamCollection |
10 | University of Oregon | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183 |
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