Amphora

MS5399

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Italy | Etruria | Vulci

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number	MS5399
Current Location	Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture	Greek \| Etruscan
Provenience	Italy \| Etruria \| Vulci
Manufacture Location	Attica
Creator	Psiax \| Menon
Period	Archaic Greek Period
Date Made	c 525 BCE
Section	Mediterranean
Materials	Ceramic
Technique	Red Figure
Iconography	Apollo \| Artemis \| Leto \| Horses \| Man \| Greek Inscription \| Dipinto \| Graffito
Description	Amphora, Type A,. A. L. to r., Leto, Apollo, Artemis. Apollo facing right, Leto and Artemis facing inward Identifying inscriptions. B. Two horses advancing to right and, at right, a standing male figure in Thracian costume looking back. Names of horses inscribed. On base, incised inscription: Menon epoiesen.
Height	61.6 cm
Outside Diameter	39 cm
Credit Line	Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number	MS2466 - Old Museum Number

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1975 - 1989	Classical Gallery: Greece
08 May 1994 - Present	Ancient Greek World

[Book] Paolucci, Giulio. 2014. Archeologica romantica in Etruria: Gli scavi di Alessandro François e Adolphe Noël des Vergers.. Rome. Edizioni Quasar. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: fig. 50; pp. 115-116	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] White, Donald J. 2011. "A View of the Horse from the Classical Perspective". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 53. no. 3. pg. 24-33 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 33, fig. 16	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Beazley, John D., and Kurtz, Donna C. 1983. The Berlin Painter.. Oxford. Clarendon Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 111	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Saglio, Edmond, and Daremberg, Charles. 1969. Dictionnaire des antiquités grecques et romaines. Reprint.. Graz. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ed. reprint. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 111	View Objects related to this Type Citation
[Book] Beazley, John D. 1963. Attic Red-figure Vase-painters.. Oxford. Clarendon Press. ed. 2nd. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 6-7, no. 3	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Beazley, John D. 1942. Attic Red-figure Vase-Painters.. Oxford. Clarendon Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 8, no. 3	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Bakalakis, Georgios. 1936. "Un torse archaïque d’Apollon citharède à Délos". Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique. Vol. 60. pg. 59-65 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 63	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Richter, Gisela M. 1934. "The Menon Painter = Psiax". American Journal of Archaeology. Boston. Archaeological Institute of America. Vol. 38. pg. 547-554 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 547	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Smith, H. R. 1932. "New Aspects of the Menon Painter". University of California Publications in Classical Archaeology. Berkeley. University of California Press. Vol. 1. pg. 1-64 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 38-46	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Beazley, John D. 1925. Attische Vasenmaler des rotfigurigen Stils.. Tuebingen. Verlag von J. C. B. Mohr. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 9	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Pfuhl, Ernst. 1923. Malerei und Zeichnung der Griechen.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: fig. 318	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Collection] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 95-96, no. 120	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] Rambo, Eleanor F. 1920. "The University Museum: Handbook Mediterranean Section". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. pg. 1-50 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 19, 12, 13	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Hoppin, Joseph C. 1919. A Handbook of Attic Red-figured Vases by or attributed to the various masters.... Cambridge. Harvard University Press. Vol. 2. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 202-203	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Beazley, John D. 1918. Attic Red-Figured Vases in American Museums.. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 6	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Hall, Edith H. 1914. "A Red-Figured Amphora Signed by the Potter Meno". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 5. no. 1. pg. 31-36 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 32-33, 35-36.	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Bates, William N., and Robinson, David M. 1908. "Notes on vases in Philadelphia". American Journal of Archaeology. Boston. Archaeological Institute of America. Vol. 12. no. 4. pg. 431-437 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 431-433, 435-436	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Bates, William N. 1905. "A Signed Amphora of Meno". American Journal of Archaeology. Boston. Archaeological Institute of America. Vol. 9. no. 2. pg. 170-181 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 170, fig. 1, pl. 6, 7	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Noël des Vergers, Adolphe. 1864. L'Etrurie et les Etrusques.. Paris. Firmin Didot. Vol. 3. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 8, pl. 9	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Rambo, Eleanor F. 1920. "ANTIQUITIES FROM CYPRUS". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. XI. no. 2. pg. pp. 12-13 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 13	View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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