Amphora

Museum number:
8-3378
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Etruscan Red-figure amphora with twisted handles; broken and mended from several pieces with repainting over cracks; A, Warrior (sheild device a mug) and woman at stele; both hold flower of leaves in one hand; B, woman, and warrior pouring libation from patera; beneath scemnes, maeander punctuated by rosette motifs
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Capua (ancient Curti), Campania, Southern Italy
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Amphorae (storage vessels)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Amphora, accession number 8-3378, described as Etruscan Red-figure amphora with twisted handles; broken and mended from several pieces with repainting over cracks; A, Warrior (sheild device a mug) and woman at stele; both hold flower of leaves in one hand; B, woman, and warrior pouring libation from patera; beneath scemnes, maeander punctuated by rosette motifsHearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Amphora, accession number 8-3378, described as Etruscan Red-figure amphora with twisted handles; broken and mended from several pieces with repainting over cracks; A, Warrior (sheild device a mug) and woman at stele; both hold flower of leaves in one hand; B, woman, and warrior pouring libation from patera; beneath scemnes, maeander punctuated by rosette motifsHearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Amphora, accession number 8-3378, described as Etruscan Red-figure amphora with twisted handles; broken and mended from several pieces with repainting over cracks; A, Warrior (sheild device a mug) and woman at stele; both hold flower of leaves in one hand; B, woman, and warrior pouring libation from patera; beneath scemnes, maeander punctuated by rosette motifsHearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Amphora, accession number 8-3378, described as Etruscan Red-figure amphora with twisted handles; broken and mended from several pieces with repainting over cracks; A, Warrior (sheild device a mug) and woman at stele; both hold flower of leaves in one hand; B, woman, and warrior pouring libation from patera; beneath scemnes, maeander punctuated by rosette motifsHearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Amphora, accession number 8-3378, described as Etruscan Red-figure amphora with twisted handles; broken and mended from several pieces with repainting over cracks; A, Warrior (sheild device a mug) and woman at stele; both hold flower of leaves in one hand; B, woman, and warrior pouring libation from patera; beneath scemnes, maeander punctuated by rosette motifsHearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Amphora, accession number 8-3378, described as Etruscan Red-figure amphora with twisted handles; broken and mended from several pieces with repainting over cracks; A, Warrior (sheild device a mug) and woman at stele; both hold flower of leaves in one hand; B, woman, and warrior pouring libation from patera; beneath scemnes, maeander punctuated by rosette motifs
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Amphora, accession number 8-3378, described as Etruscan Red-figure amphora with twisted handles; broken and mended from several pieces with repainting over cracks; A, Warrior (sheild device a mug) and woman at stele; both hold flower of leaves in one hand; B, woman, and warrior pouring libation from patera; beneath scemnes, maeander punctuated by rosette motifs

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