File:Psykter amphora Chalkidian black-figure ware attributed to the inscriptions painter Ba000023.jpg
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English: From National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne: ca. 540 BCE from Chalkis, Greece. Lidded belly amphora, black-glazed with figure panels.
Side A: Scene of fighting from the Trojan War; Achilles dismounts from his chariot to kill the fallen Eurymachus. Side B: Scenes of fighting from the Trojan War, with Glaucus (frontal, centre) and Menestheus. Subsidiary decoration: rays from the base and a lotus/palmette band above the panel. Much added red and white for details. There are holes at the base of the handles and a channel/drain hole in the base, suggesting the vessel was used for cooling wine. inscribed in Greek script on jar: AXI(L)LEUS EURYMACHOS ASTEROPAIOS PERIPHATAS GLAUQOS MEMESTH(EUS) (O)DYSSEU(S) AUTOMEDON HIP(P)OLOCHOS CHAROPHS DIOMEDES ME(LANIP)POS |
| Date | circa 540 BCE |
| Source | http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/1315/ |
| Author | Attributed to the Inscriptions Painter |
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