SANTORINI
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF THERA
Attic black-figure amphora
Inv. no. 1772.
Attic black-figure amphora. On the front side, Athena and Heracles are shown riding a quadriga, while in the background are depicted Apollo playing the lyre, and Artemis. The reverse side is decorated with two horsemen flanked by an archer and a hoplite. The dead person' s name is engraved on the lip of the vase. It was found at the Archaic cemetery of Ancient Thera and dates from the second half of 6th century B.C.
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