Pottery Vase (Amphora, Black Figured)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Jan 1904
name: label: Donor Name
content: Thomas Wilson
notes: label: Notes
content: "ATTIC BLACK FIGURE. 6TH CENTURY BC. BERLIN 1686 PAINTER." SHIRLEY SCHWARZ,1977
label: Notes
content: Described in Schwarz, Shirley J. 1996. Greek Vases at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., pl. 3-6, pg. 16, no 3.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Black figure amphora. Decorated with figures in two differnt scenes; with two handles. A. von Bothmer, Met. Mus., says this is the best and oldest Attic piece in collection, but one scene is 2/3 repainted. Repaint should be cleaned off and vessel reassembled. Ill. by Beazley in Am. Brit. Sch. Athens, vol. 32, 1932. Beazley, 6/28/49 says: "by the painter of Berlin 1686. One scene on amphora depicts the youthful victor of an athletic contest receiving a tripod as a prize." From 1978 NMNH slide set caption: "Amphora - ceramic, painted, nymphs and satyrs, Greek, Italy."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Aug 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Terni, Umbria, Italy, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Greek, Attic
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 042207
label: USNM Number
content: A136415A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Amphora