Greek, Attic / c. 520–510 BCE
Black-Figure Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel): Departing Warriors (A); Dionysos and Satyrs (B)
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Black-Figure Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel): Departing Warriors (A); Dionysos and Satyrs (B) as ceramic (Greek, Attic · c. 520–510 BCE).
A neck-amphora is a type of amphora with separately constructed neck and body.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this ceramic as ceramic.
The museum's collection notes: Small in scale but finely painted and well preserved, this amphora depicts two common but unrelated subjects: the departure of warriors (side A) and Dionysos and two satyrs (side B). The warriors include an archer, identified by his bow and quiver full of arrows, and a heavily armed foot-soldier, wearing helmet and greaves and holding a spear and shield emblazoned with a horse protome. The archer faces a woman, while the warrior stands between two men.
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The Cleveland Museum of ArtBlack-Figure Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel): Departing Warriors (A); Dionysos and Satyrs (B)Original explanation based on the sources above. Images carry their own reuse terms.