Attic black-figure amphora showing a duel between warriors (possibly Ajax and Achilles)
Maker: Attributed to the Antimenes Painter
Medium:Wheel-thrown earthenware, slip-painted with incised detail.
Geography: Made in Athens, Greece. Probably found in Vulci, Eturia, Italy.
Date: c. 525 BC
Period: Greek Archaic period
Dimensions:49.2 x 33.4 cm
Object number: 926.19.2
Gallery Location:Gallery of Greece
DescriptionAthenian amphora decorated in black-figure technique. On one side are two warriors fighting with spears. They wear helmets and carry Boeotian-type shields. This may be the abortive dual between Ajax and Hector described in Book 7 of the Iliad, since there is an inscription on the amphora which may identify Ajax. On the other side is a warrior wearing a helmet and carrying spears mounted behind a charioteer on a four-horse chariot (quadriga). To the right stands an archer wearing a Scythian costume. The frontal view of the charioteer's face is very unusual in Athenian vase painting. On the base is a painted graffito. Attributed to the Antimenes Painter by Beazley.
