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Attic Black-Figure Nikosthenic Amphora Fragment

Date

about 550–540 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

Four joined fragments of an amphora (see main entry 86.AE.96). On the broad handle is a dancing satyr, facing right. On the shoulder of the vessel, adjacent to the handle, is a male clad in a chiton and himation (head and upper body missing) - he stands to the left and holds a staff in his right hand. Next to him the left leg and right foot of a male runner are preserved. To the runner's left, the two hind legs of a rearing horse are shown, as well as part of the horse's tail. Below, a band of ribbon pattern. On the lower band, dancing satyrs and maenads, facing left. Preserved are (from left to right) part of the head and upper torso of a satyr; the nose, left arm, and a small part of the garment of a maenad (characterized by the white flesh); the head and upper body of a satyr; the arms of a third satyr.

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