Terracotta amphora (jar) with lid

Unknown (Greek)


Item type:
vessel
Date of creation:
525-500 BCE
Height:
50.0 cm  (19 11/16 in.)
Width:
18.4 cm  (7 1/4 in.)
Height without lid: 44.2 cm
Technique / Medium:
black-figure terracotta
School:
Attic

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 98.8.9a,b]

Description

Side A: Couple in chariot with Apollo, who is playing kithara, a goddess with flaming torch, another figure (mostly hidden by the horses), and Hermes; the strings of the instrument are hardly visible (probably seven); the soundboard is hidden by the horses; Apollo's left wrist is in the holding band, the hand (probably completely open) only partially visible; Side B: Warriors armed.

Iconclass

92B373
Apollo playing the lyre, Apollo Citharoedus

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kithara [4940]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3860