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Vase Catalog Number: Munich 1426
Images | Browse Images| Collection: | Munich, Antikensammlungen | ||
| Summary: | Side A: Achilles and Hektor fighting over body of Troilos. Side B: animal friezes | ||
| Ware: | Attic Black Figure | Shape: | Tyrrhenian amphora |
| Painter: | Attributed to the Tyrrhenian Group | Potter: | |
| Context: | From Vulci | Region: | Etruria |
| Date: | ca. 565 B.C. - 550 B.C. | Period: | High Archaic |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.40 m., D. Rim 0.17 m. | ||
| Primary Citation: | |||
Decoration:
Neck: side A: sphinxes, side B: panther and ram.
Side A: Achilles and Hektor fighting over the body of Troilos, with rounded altar in front of Troilos. To left, Hermes and Athena. To right, Aeneas, Deithynos and hoplite. Achilles, Hektor, Troilos, Aeneas, Deithynos and altar are labelled.
Side B: sphinxes between swans.
Below: side A: sirens between panthers, side B: a naked youth running, between panthers, themselves flanked by goats. Lowest panel: animals.
Inscriptions:
Figures are labelled: hERMES, ACHILEUS, TROILOS, BOMOS, hEKTOR, DEITHUNOS (Hermes, Achilles, Troilos, Altar, Hektor, Deithunos")
Sources Used:
(Beth McIntosh)
Keywords:Achilles, Achilles and Hektor, Achilles and Troilos, fight over dead body, Achilles and Troilos, miscellaneous, Aeneas, altar, Athena, Deithynos, fight, fighting, goat, Hektor, Hermes, hoplite, naked, panther, ram, running, siren, sphinx, swan, Troilos
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8 Images
| Archive Number | Caption | |
|---|---|---|
| 1990.34.0039 | Side B: overview | Photograph copyright Staatl. Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, München |
| 1990.34.0041 | Handle: right of side B | Photograph copyright Staatl. Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, München |
| 1990.34.0040 | Handle: right of side A | Photograph copyright Staatl. Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, München |
| 1990.34.0042 | Side A: Achilles and Hektor fighting over body of Troilos | Photograph copyright Staatl. Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, München |
| 1990.34.0043 | Side A: Achilles and Hektor fighting over body of Troilos | Photograph copyright Staatl. Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, München |
| 1990.34.0044 | Side A: Hermes, Athena, and Achilles | Photograph copyright Staatl. Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, München |
| 1990.34.0045 | Side A: Achilles, Troilos, altar, and Hektor | Photograph copyright Staatl. Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, München |
| 1990.34.0046 | Side A: Hektor, Aeneas, and Deithynos | Photograph copyright Staatl. Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, München |