MM Acc 0720
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amphora
- Object description
- Tall, everted rim; concave neck; vertical, flattened handles from neck to shoulder; almost ovoid body, tapering towards base; inverted-echinus base. Hard, reddish clay; lustrous, black and added matt, purple paint. Decoration coarsely executed; interior of rim and neck coated with black paint; rim top reserved; meander encircling rim; upper neck encircled by black band followed by one row of ivy leaves and dots, black band, then another row of ivy leaves and dots; remaining part of neck coated with black paint; handles coated with black paint; shoulder encircled by row of vertical, irregularly shaped strokes and narrow band; frieze: a/ Aphrodite wearing a wreath and wrapped in a mantle, Athena in full armour, Hera with a veil, and Hermes with beard, pointed hat, mantle and winged boots, addressing Paris, with beard, cap, mantle and spear; b/ veiled woman with incised cross-pattern on her dress, standing between two warriors with feathered Corinthian helmets, body armour, short tunics with incised crosses, spears, swords and rounded shields, followed to the right by two men, the one to the right smaller than the other figures, both wearing long mantles and holding spears, their heads turned left; meander below frieze, followed by broad, black to reddish (misfired) band; rays and band encircling lower body; base coated with black; bottom reserved.
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