Attributed To: CASTELLANI P by BOTHMER TYRRHENIAN GROUP by THIERSCH
Decoration: A,B2-3: ANIMAL FRIEZES, OWL, PANTHERS, RAMS, SPHINXES, COCKS A1: CENTAUROMACHY, CENTAURS WITH TREES, WARRIORS, ONE FALLEN, SHIELD DEVICES, SATYR HEAD IN RELIEF, PROTOME OF PANTHER B1: AMAZONOMACHY, WARRIORS, SOME ON HORSEBACK, AMAZON, WOMEN
Last Recorded Collection: Rome, Mus. Naz. Etrusco di Villa Giulia: 50652
Previous Collections:
Rome, Mus. Naz. Etrusco di Villa Giulia: M454
Publication Record: Beazley, J.D., Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford, 1956): 98.42, 683 Beazley, J.D., Paralipomena (Oxford, 1971): 35, 37 Carpenter, T.H., with Mannack, T. and Mendonca, M., Beazley Addenda, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1989): 26
CAVI Lemma: Fragmentary BF Tyrrhenian neck amphora. Castellani Painter (Bothmer). Third
quarter sixth. Early period (Kluiver).
CAVI Subject: A: Centauromachy. B: Amazonomachy.
CAVI Inscriptions: A:(1) nonsense: between the legs of the leftmost warrior: γ̣ϙεϙα{2}. Above
the branch held by a centaur: γχοh(ο)νh{3}. Under the centaur's belly: γτ[--].
CAVI Footnotes: {1} done from autopsy on the assumption that this is the vase listed in ABV
and the bibliography in Beazley. {2} a doubtful interpretation of the letters,
which are peculiar: the first koppa has a large head with a very short vertical;
epsilon and `alpha' are written kionedon; the second koppa has a vertical above
and below the circle and might be a phi; the final alpha has a vertical cross
stroke (arrow alpha). {3} the bracketed letter could be a badly written alpha;
the hetas could be etas.
CAVI Comments: Note that all three inscriptions seem to begin with gamma. Odd writing.
