Image: Exekias - ABV 144 8 - Achilles and Penthesilea - Memnon between two of his soldiers - London BM 1849-0518-10 - 01

Description: object type / vase shape: attic black figure neck-amphora - description side A: duel of Achilles and Penthesilea - side B: Memnon between two of his African soldiers / attendants; inscription: AMASIS (EP)OIE_S(E)N (?): Amasis could rather be the name of the soldier on the right than the subscription of the potter; or does Exekias (potter and painter) with this inscription mock his collegue Amasis? - production place: Athens - painter: Exekias - period / date: ripe archaic, ca. 540-520 BC - material: pottery (clay) - height: 50 cm - findspot: Vulci - museum / inventory number: London, British Museum 1849,0518.10 / Cat. Vases B 209 - bibliography: John D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford 1956, 144.8 - CVA London 4, plate 49.1 A-C - Please note: The above museum permits photography of its exhibits for private, educational, scientific, non-commercial purposes. If you intend to use the photo for any commercial aim, please contact the museum and ask for permission.
Title: Exekias - ABV 144 8 - Achilles and Penthesilea - Memnon between two of his soldiers - London BM 1849-0518-10 - 01
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