Title
Vessel
Date
ca 500 BCE
Creator
Attic (Mainland Greek pottery styles)
Coverage
Style/Period: Greek
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Format
Materials/Techniques: One Attic black figure Lekythos.
In two pieces - Pieces do not match.
Ceramic material with black figures and decoration.
One handle.
Details in decoration are picked out with incision.
Main decoration shows rider driving a biga (driver wears a white coloured garment (clearly indicated)) with figure dressed in warrior's gear standing beside it, a flying bird precedes the ensemble shoulders are decorated with leafy shapes and dots with lines (dots and lines continue for only halfway around).
There is a Mark written above the driver's head (it's clearly his name).
In two pieces - Pieces do not match.
Ceramic material with black figures and decoration.
One handle.
Details in decoration are picked out with incision.
Main decoration shows rider driving a biga (driver wears a white coloured garment (clearly indicated)) with figure dressed in warrior's gear standing beside it, a flying bird precedes the ensemble shoulders are decorated with leafy shapes and dots with lines (dots and lines continue for only halfway around).
There is a Mark written above the driver's head (it's clearly his name).
Measurements: body height: 15.1 cm; base diameter: 4.5 cm; body diameter: 5.75 cm; rim length: 5.15 cm; rim diameter: 3.95 cm
Description
One Attic black figure Lekythos.
In two pieces - Pieces do not match.
Ceramic material with black figures and decoration.
One handle.
Details in decoration are picked out with incision.
Main decoration shows rider driving a biga (driver wears a white coloured garment (clearly indicated)) with figure dressed in warrior's gear standing beside it, a flying bird precedes the ensemble shoulders are decorated with leafy shapes and dots with lines (dots and lines continue for only halfway around).
There is a Mark written above the driver's head (it's clearly his name).
In two pieces - Pieces do not match.
Ceramic material with black figures and decoration.
One handle.
Details in decoration are picked out with incision.
Main decoration shows rider driving a biga (driver wears a white coloured garment (clearly indicated)) with figure dressed in warrior's gear standing beside it, a flying bird precedes the ensemble shoulders are decorated with leafy shapes and dots with lines (dots and lines continue for only halfway around).
There is a Mark written above the driver's head (it's clearly his name).
Identifier
Repository Accession Number: 985.1.2
Record: UO-MCA-985-1-2
Source
Photographer: Niġel Klemenčič-Puglisevich, Carleton University
Image Date: 2022-03-20
Rights
The images are provided by the Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa. For contact information, visit the Museum website: https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/en/museum | Les images sont fournies par le Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines de l'Université d’Ottawa. Visitez le site du musée pour les coordonnées : https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/fr/musee