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Amphora (Wine Container)with Lid
Attributed to the “Acheloos Painter”
Attic, ca. 530 B.C.
Terracotta (black-figure)
Gift of Anna Rice Cooke, 1932 (3588)
The amphora was one of the most common of Attic shapes, an all-pupose storage container for liquid such as honey, oil or wine; dry goods; small foods such as olives;and even the ashes of the deceased. Amphorae often had lids, and the one here is among the few to survive. Painted in the black-figure technique, one side of the amphora is painted with a charioteer driving a four-horse chariot with a standing and fallen warrior nearby. Dionysic revelers appear on the other side dancing with garlands on their heads.
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