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Jar (stamnos) depicting the death of Aigisthos
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 470–460 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
35.5 cm (14 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number91.227a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis lid fits 91.226 and is on it.
(a) Stamnos
Side A: Representation of death of Aigisthos. Aigisthos, beardless with a lyre, seated, attacked by a young man (Orestes), followed by a woman with an axe (Clytemnestra), who is detained by a man (Talthybios); at the right, behind Orpheus, another woman (Elektra ?).
Side B: A bearded man, approached by two heavily draped women. Many parts of the drawing missing.
(b) Cover with two bands of decoration.
(a) Stamnos
Side A: Representation of death of Aigisthos. Aigisthos, beardless with a lyre, seated, attacked by a young man (Orestes), followed by a woman with an axe (Clytemnestra), who is detained by a man (Talthybios); at the right, behind Orpheus, another woman (Elektra ?).
Side B: A bearded man, approached by two heavily draped women. Many parts of the drawing missing.
(b) Cover with two bands of decoration.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Robinson, Catalogue: from Rome); Anonymous gift to MFA, November 1891