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310027, ATHENIAN, London, British Museum, London, British Museum, 1897.7-27.2

  • Vase Number: 310027
  • Fabric: ATHENIAN
  • Technique: BLACK-FIGURE
  • Shape Name: AMPHORA, NECK
  • Date: -575 TO -525
  • Inscriptions: Named: NEOPTOLEMOS, DIOMEDES, NESTOR, AMPHILOCHOS, AMTIPHATES, AJAX, PHOINIX
  • Attributed To: TIMIADES P by BOTHMER
    TYRRHENIAN GROUP by WALTERS
  • Decoration: A,B2-3: ANIMAL FRIEZES, RAMS, SIRENS, PANTHERS, SWAN, FLORAL
    A1: SACRIFICE OF POLYXENE, OVER ALTAR, NEOPTOLEMOS, DIOMEDES, NESTOR, AMPHILOCHOS, AJAX, PHOINIX (ALL NAMED), STOOL
    B1: KOMOS, MAN AND YOUTHS DANCING BETWEEN COCKS
  • Last Recorded Collection: London, British Museum: 1897,0727.2 (View on British Museum site)
  • Previous Collections:
    • London, British Museum: 1897.7-27.2
  • Publication Record: Ahlberg-Cornell, G., Myth and Epos in Early Greek Art, Representation and Interpretation (Jonsered, 1992): 303, FIG.74 (DRAWING OF A)
    American Journal of Archaeology: 100 (1996) 62, FIG.5 (A1)
    Beazley, J.D., Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford, 1956): 97.27, 683
    Beazley, J.D., Paralipomena (Oxford, 1971): 37
    Boardman, J., The history of Greek vases, potters, painters and pictures (London, 2001): 240, FIG.263 (A1)
    Bonnechere, P., and Gagne, R. (eds.), Sacrifices humains, Perspectives croisees et representations, Human sacrifice, Cross-cultural perspectives and representations (Liege, 2013): PL.5 (COLOUR OF A)
    Bulletin van de Vereeniging tot Bevordering der Kennis van de Antieke Beschaving: 64 (1989) 46, FIG.46 (DRAWING OF A)
    Bulletin van de Vereeniging tot Bevordering der Kennis van de Antieke Beschaving: 68 (1993) 192, FIG.3C (PROFILE OF RIM)
    Bundrick, S.D., Athens, Etruria, and the Many Lives of Greek Figured Pottery (Madison, 2019): 56, FIG.3.4 (A)
    Carpenter, T.H., Art and Myth in Ancient Greece (London, 1991): FIG.23 (PART OF A)
    Carpenter, T.H., with Mannack, T. and Mendonca, M., Beazley Addenda, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1989): 26
    Cook, R.M., Greek Painted Pottery (London, 1966): PL.20B (A)
    Cook, R.M., Greek Painted Pottery 3rd ed. (London, 1997): PL.20B (A)
    Gebauer, J., Pompe und Thysia, attische Tieropferdarstellungen auf schwarz- und rotfigurigen Vasen (Münster, 2002): 735, FIG.160 (A1)
    Grmek, M. and Gourevitch, D., Les maladies dans l'art antique (1998): 75, FIG.38 (A1)
    Hedreen, G., Capturing Troy, The Narrative Functions of Landscape in Archaic and Early Classical Greek Art (Ann Arbor, 2001): FIG.36 (PART OF A1)
    Himmelmann, N., Tieropfer in der griechischen Kunst, Nordrheinwestfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vorträge G 349 (Opladen, 1997): 24, FIG.12 (PART OF A1)
    Journal of Hellenic Studies: 130 (2010) 115, FIG.4 (A)
    Latacz, J. and Korfmann, M. (eds.), Troja, Traum und Wirklichkeit (Stuttgart, 2001): 138, FIG.144 (COLOUR OF A)
    Latacz, J. et al., Homer, Der Mythos von Troia in Dichtung und Kunst (Munich, and Basel 2008): 405, NO.156 (COLOUR OF A)
    Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae: VII, PL.347, POLYXENE 26, PL.755, NESTOR 34 (PARTS OF A)
    Marconi, E. (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Art and Architecture (Oxford, 2015): 339, FIG.14.4 (A)
    Minerva, International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology: 13.1 (JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2002) 14, FIG.5 (COLOUR OF A)
    Neils, J., Women in the ancient world (London, 2011): 46 (COLOUR OF A1)
    Oakley, J., The Greek Vase, Art of the Story Teller (London, 2013): 15, FIG.6 (COLOUROF A)
    Schafer, A, Unterhaltung beim griechischen Symposium (Mainz, 1997): PL.13.2 (B1)
    Schefold, K., Götter- und Heldensagen der Griechen in der Früh- und Hocharchaischen Kunst (Munich, 1993): 334, FIG.381 (PART OF A)
    Smith, T.J., Komast Dancers in Archaic Greek Art (Oxford, 2010): 317, PL.14B (B1)
    Spivey, N. and Rasmussen, T. (eds.) Looking at Greek Vases (Cambridge, 1991): 140, FIG.58 (A)
    Stampolidis, N.C. et al. (eds.), Beyond. Death and Afterlife in Ancient Greece (Athens, 2014): 60, FIG.6 (COLOUR OF A)
    Sweet, W.E., Sport and Recreation in Ancient Greece, A Source Book with Translations (Oxford, 1987): 190, PL.6.8 (B)
    Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum: I, PL.34, GR595 (A)
    Villing, A. et al., Troy, myth and reality (London, 2019): 108, FIG.90 (COLOUR OF A)
    van Straten, F.T., Hiera Kala, Images of Animal Sacrifice in Archaic and Classical Greece (Leiden, 1995): FIG.118 (DRAWING OF A)
  • AVI Web: HTTPS://WWW.AVI.UNIBAS.CH/DB/SEARCHFORM.HTML?ID=4871
  • AVI Record Number: 4697
  • LIMC ID: 11175
  • LIMC Web: HTTP://ARK.DASCH.SWISS/ARK:/72163/080E-7441E0CECED38-5
  • British Museum Link: HTTPS://WWW.BRITISHMUSEUM.ORG/COLLECTION/OBJECT/G_1897-0727-2
  • CAVI Collection: LONDON 97.7-27.2.
  • CAVI Lemma: BF TYRRHENIAN NECK AMPHORA. TIMIADES PAINTER (BOTHMER). MIDDLE PERIOD (KLUIVER). SECOND QUARTER SIXTH. 560-550.
  • CAVI Subject: A: THE SACRIFICE OF POLYXENA. B: KOMOS: YOUTHS DANCING BETWEEN COCKS.
  • CAVI Inscriptions: A: BY A BEARDED HERO: Nεστορ Πυλιος. BY A BEARDED WARRIOR, FACING HIM: Διομεδες. BETWEEN THE LEGS OF A BEARDED WARRIOR: Nεοπτολεμος, RETR. ABOVE POLYXENA'S HEAD: Πολυσχενε, RETR., FOR Πολυχσενε. BEHIND A WARRIOR'S LEGS: Ανφιλοχος, RETR. BEHIND ANOTHER WARRIOR'S LEGS, SIMILAR: Αντ̣ιφατες, RETR. TO RIGHT OF ANOTHER WARRIOR'S BODY, TWO INSCRIPTIONS, BOTH DOWNWARD:{1}. Αιας V. Ιλιαδες̣. Φοινιχς{ι}, RETR. [[ADDENDA, A SHORTER VERSION:]] C] Nεστορ Π̣υλιος. Διομεδες. Nεοπτολεμος, RETR. Πολυσχενε, RETR.{2}. Ανφ̣ιλοχος, RETR. Αντ̣ιφατες, RETR. Αια̣ς Ιλιαδες{3}. Φοινιχς, RETR.
  • CAVI Footnotes: {1} FOR THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE TWO INSCRIPTIONS AND THE EXTRA IOTA SEE ATTSCR. Ιλιαδες IS PROBABLY FOR Οιλιαδες, REFERRING TO THE LESSER AJAX, ALTHOUGH NO OMICRON WAS EVER WRITTEN. {2} [[FROM ADDENDA]] σχ MAY BE METATHESIS FOR χσ (R. APUD K.). {3} [[FROM ADDENDA]] NEED NOT BE A MISSPELLING AS HRI, ATTSCR (1990), 41 N. 24, SUGGESTS; "IT IS A SYNONYM." [MEANING WHAT?].
  • CAVI Comments: LARGE AND COARSE LETTERS. SIGMA IS ALWAYS REVERSED. THREATTE (1996), 148, GIVES PARALLELS FOR THE NAME ANTIPHATES.
  • CAVI Number: 4697
  • AVI Bibliography: BOTHMER (1944), 166/5. — ABV (1956), 97/27, 683. — DUGAS (1960), PL. 42 (A). — PARA. (1971), 37 [[MENTIONS THE ATTRIBUTION BY V. BOTHMER]]. — ADD.[2] (1989), 26 (MUCH BIBL.). — ATTSCR (1990), NO. 175. — KLUIVER (1995), 67/45 AND 72/45 (INSCRIPTIONS DONE BY C.J. RUIJGH) (NOT ILL.). — THREATTE (1996), 148.
  • CAVI / AVI Data from Henry Immerwahr's Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions (CAVI), updated by Rudoph Wachter's Attic Vase Inscriptions (AVI)
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