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    oinochoe

    Objecttype

    oinochoe
    Museumnumber

    1894,1101.289

    Description

    AtticblackfigureoinochoeorjugdepictingOdysseusescapingfromthecaveoftheCyclopsPolyphemuswheelmadeovoidbodyona
    wideflatbaseconcaveneckandtrefoilmouthsinglehandlearchingfromshouldertorimthescene,enclosedwithinapanel,isincisedwith
    addedwhiteandpurplepaint:aramemergesfromthecaveontheleftwiththeheadofOdysseusvisibleunderitsbody(thehandquartersof
    theanimalarerestored)thecentrepartofthepanelisalsorestoredontherightistheCyclopsrecliningonarock,paintedwhite,withaclub
    inhislefthandtreebranchesinthefielddoublehorizontalrowofdotsontheneckvaserepairedfromfragments,withsomedamagetothe
    blackslipsurface.

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    Producername

    AttributedtotheWorkshopof:TheAthenaPainter

    Attributedto:ThePainterofVaticanG49
    Culture/period

    Attic

    ArchaicGreek
    Date

    540BC480BC(circa)
    Productionplace

    Madein:Attica
    (Europe,Greece,Attica(Greece))
    Findspot

    Excavated/Findspot:Amathus,SiteE,tomb95
    (Europe,Cyprus,Limassol(district),Amathus)
    Materials

    pottery
    Ware

    Blackfigure
    Technique

    wheelmade

    slipped

    painted
    incised
    Dimensions

    Height:23.5centimetres
    Diameter:5.5centimetres
    Curator'scomments

    `SeealsoC.Haspels,AtticBlackFigurelekythoi(Paris,1936),p.259,AthenaPainterno.125.Averysimilarrenderingofthescene,
    possiblybythesameorrelatedpainter,isdepictedonBMvaseB502.

    Bibliography

    Gjerstadetal.GGAPCNo.495,p.51&pl.LIV,3

    Murray,SmithandWalters1900p.120,Tomb95p.111,fig.163,no.1

    ABVp.528,no.42p.535,no.17
    Location

    Notondisplay

    Subjects

    monster
    mammal

    classicalmythology

    classicalmythologicalfigure/creature
    Associatednames

    Representationof:Odysseus/Ulysses

    Representationof:Polyphemus
    Acquisitionname

    Excavatedby:EmmaTournerTurner(bequest)

    Excavatedby:TurnerBequestExcavations,Amathus

    From:TurnerBequestExcavations,Amathus
    Acquisitiondate

    1894

    Department

    Greek&RomanAntiquities

    Registrationnumber

    1894,1101.289

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