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Vase Catalog Number: Toledo 1972.54

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Collection:Toledo Museum of Art
Summary:Side A: the ransom of Hector. Side B: warriors departing.
Ware:Attic Black Figure Shape:Neck amphora
Painter:Attributed to the the Rycroft Painter Potter:
Context: Region:
Date:ca. 520 B.C. - 510 B.C. Period:Archaic
Dimensions:

H. 68.6 cm., D. of rim 34.0 cm., D. of body 45.0 cm., D. of foot 25.7 cm., W. of handles 7.0 cm.

Primary Citation:CVA, USA 17, Toledo 1, pp. 2-4, figs. 1-2, pls. 4-5

Inscriptions:

Inscriptions in the fields of both sides A and B.

Parallels:

Toledo 1963.26, Bloomington 75.102.1

Collection History:

Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey.

Condition:

Black glaze occasionally fired mottled-red.

Shape Description:

Type A Neck amphora

Sources Used:

Moon 1979, no. 65, p. 114-115

Other Bibliography:

CVA, USA 17, Toledo 1, pp. 2-4, figs. 1 and 2, pls. 4 and 5; "Treasures for Toledo," Toledo Museum News 19 (1976) 47.

Essay: Moon No. 65

(Kurt T. Luckner)

Keywords:

Achilles, boots, carrying, cauldron, chiton, chlamys, corpse, cushion, food, Hektor, helmet, Hermes, himation, holding, hydria, kerykeion, kline, leaning, naked, phiale, pilos, Priam, ransom, reclining, scabbard, shield, spear, sword, table, tripod, walking, wearing, wreath, youth

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39 Images

Archive NumberCaption
1991.10.0001Side A: scene at center
1990.18.0357Side A: scene at centerPhotograph courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art
1991.10.0002Side A: oblique from right
1991.10.0003Handle: right of side A
1991.10.0004Side B: oblique from left
1991.10.0005Side B: scene at center
1990.18.0360Side B: scene at centerPhotograph courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art
1991.10.0006Side B: oblique from right
1991.10.0007Handle: right of side B
1991.10.0008Side A: oblique from left
1991.10.0009Side A: ransom of Hector
1990.18.0359Side A: ransom of HectorPhotograph courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art
1991.10.0010Side A: Hermes
1991.10.0011Side A: Hermes, upper half
1991.10.0012Side A: youth with ransom goods
1991.10.0013Side A: youth with ransom goods, upper half
1991.10.0014Side A: Priam
1991.10.0015Side A: Priam, upper half
1991.10.0016Side A: helmet and sword in background
1991.10.0017Side A: Achilles
1991.10.0018Side A: Achilles, upper half
1991.10.0019Side A: Hector
1991.10.0020Side A: Hector, upper half
1991.10.0021Side A: head of Hector and leg of Achilles's couch
1991.10.0022Side A: servant woman
1991.10.0023Side A: servant woman, upper half
1991.10.0024Side B: warriors departing
1990.18.0358Side B: warriors departingPhotograph courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art
1991.10.0025Side B: charioteer and warrior behind chariot
1991.10.0027Side B: charioteer and warrior behind chariot
1991.10.0026Side B: charioteer and warrior, upper half
1991.10.0028Side B: charioteer and warrior, upper half
1991.10.0029Side B: warrior and old man behind horses
1991.10.0030Side B: horses
1991.10.0031Side B: old man and second warrior behind horses
1991.10.0032Side B: heads of horses
1991.10.0033Side B: legs of horses
1991.10.0034Side B: third warrior and archer
1991.10.0035Side B: third warrior and archer, upper half
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