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Vase Catalog Number: Louvre G 44 (inv. no. MN 51 (N 3398))
Images | Browse Images| Collection: | Paris, Musée du Louvre | ||
| Summary: | Side A: A warrior, mounting a chariot Side B: A mature woman, a man, and a youth | ||
| Ware: | Attic Red Figure | Shape: | Amphora |
| Painter: | Attributed to Euthymides | Potter: | |
| Context: | From Vulci | Region: | Etruria |
| Date: | ca. 510 B.C. - 500 B.C. | Period: | Late Archaic |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.60 m; Diam. (mouth) 0.255 m | ||
| Primary Citation: | |||
Graffiti: There is an incised graffito on the underside of the base (resting surface).
Inscriptions:
On side A: DA[M]AS* chAI[RE] SOSIS and CHARCHÊ.
On Side B: [...]AS (retrograde), CHAIRE and TI[...]
Collection History: Acquired by the Louvre in 1848.
Sources Used:
(Amy C. Smith)
Keywords:Attic, Attic helmet, bearded, chariot, chariotbox, chiton, chitoniskos, Corinthian, crest, cuirass, helmet, himation, horse, man, mounting, platform, reins, resting, snake, staff, veiled, warrior, whip, woman, wreath, youth
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30 Images
| Archive Number | Caption |
|---|---|
| 1992.06.1457 | View of side A, from the left |
| 1992.06.1450 | View of side A |
| 1992.06.1451 | View of side A, from the right |
| 1992.06.1452 | View of the right side |
| 1992.06.1453 | View of side B, from the left |
| 1992.06.1454 | View of side B |
| 1992.06.1455 | View of side B, from the right |
| 1992.06.1456 | View of the left side |
| 1992.06.1458 | Close-up view of the figural scene on side A: a warrior, mounting a chariot |
| 1992.06.1459 | Detail of side A, left: a warrior, shown profile to the right, wearing a short cuirass over a short -sleeved chitoniskos, and an Attic helmet, stepping up to the platform of a quadriga (chariot), holding the reins in both hands, and a whip in his right hand |
| 1992.06.1460 | Detail of side A, top left: upper half of a warrior |
| 1992.06.1461 | Detail of side A, top left: upper half of a warrior; note the inscription, |
| 1992.06.1462 | Detail of side A, bottom left: chariotbox |
| 1992.06.1463 | Detail of side A, left of center: bearded warrior, wearing a cuirass over a short-sleeved chitoniskos, and a Corinthian helmet, standing behind the horses, near profile to the left; he is armed with a shield emblazoned with a black silhouette sphinx, and a spear |
| 1992.06.1464 | Detail of side A, left of center, above: upper half of bearded warrior (note the snake emblazoned on the crest of his Corinthian helmet) |
| 1992.06.1465 | Detail of side A, center: chariot hardware |
| 1992.06.1467 | Detail of side A, center, above: heads and necks of two horses |
| 1992.06.1466 | Detail of side A, center, below: inscription, |
| 1992.06.1468 | Detail of side A, top right: heads and necks of two horses, above the head of a boy (note inscription) |
| 1992.06.1469 | Detail of side A, bottom right: a boy, standing in 3/4-view to the left, wearing a himation draped over his left shoulder, and holding his right hand up |
| 1992.06.1470 | Close-up view of the figural scene on side B: a woman between a man and a youth |
| 1992.06.1471 | Detail of side B, left: a bearded man, wearing a himation draped over his left shoulder, standing in 3/4-view to the right, with his ankles crossed; he rests his right hand on his hip, and leans on a staff under his left arm |
| 1992.06.1473 | Detail of side B, left: inscription between man and woman |
| 1992.06.1472 | Detail of side B, upper left: upper half of bearded man |
| 1992.06.1474 | Detail of side B, center: a woman, standing near profile to the right, wearing a himation partially veiled over her head, over a medium-sleeved chiton; she holds a red wreath between both upraised hands |
| 1992.06.1475 | Detail of side B, center: upper half of a woman; note the red wreath that she holds between both upraised hands |
| 1992.06.1476 | Detail of side B, right of center: a woman presents a red wreath to a youth who faces her and rests his right hand on a knotty staff or cane; note the red dipinto in the field |
| 1992.06.1477 | Detail of side B, right: a youth standing in 3/4-view to the left, resting his right hand on a staff, while he holds his left hand at waist level |
| 1992.06.1478 | Detail of side B, top right: upper half of a youth standing in 3/4-view to the left |
| 1992.06.1479 | Detail of resting surface, with graffito (bottom left) |