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Amphora with round handles, a red line around the neck, and a palmette-lotus pattern above the decorative panels. On side A: The recovery of Helen by Menelaus and another warrior. Helen wears a himation partially drawn over hear head and folded over her right forearm. Menelaus striding to right and grasps Helen’s himation with his right hand. The other warrior is behind Helen and walks to right. Each hoplite wears a Corinthian helmet, a cuirass over a short chiton, greaves, and a shield. Side B: Two hoplites in combat between two onlookers. The warrior on the left, the winner of the duel, strides to the right and thrusts his spear in to the left shoulder of his opponent, who collapses to the right and looks back. The falling hoplite wears a high-crested Corinthian helmet and holds a shield (blazon: tripod) and a spear. The spectator on the left is an older man with a white beard and wears a plain himation, the spectator on the right is bearded and wears a striped himation.

Details

  • Title: Attic Black-Figure Amphora Type B (Side A)
  • Creator: Princeton Painter, Amasis
  • Date Created: about 540 B.C.
  • Location Created: Athens, Greece
  • Physical Dimensions: 37.2 × 25.4 cm (14 5/8 × 10 in.)
  • Type: Amphora
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 86.AE.63
  • Culture: Greek (Attic)
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
  • Creator Display Name: Attributed to Princeton Painter (Greek (Attic)) and Amasis (Greek (Attic), active 560 - 520 B.C.)
  • Classification: Vessels (Containers)

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