Vatican Amphora No. 344 / Ajax and Achilles Playing a Board Game / Side A, Central Scene: Achilles and Ajax playing a game / Black-figure, Archaic; Creation date: ca. 540 BCE

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Work Title: Vatican Amphora No. 344; Ajax and Achilles Playing a Board Game
View Title: Side A, Central Scene: Achilles and Ajax playing a game
Creator/Culture: potter: signed as by Exekias (Greek, c. 540-520 BCE)
Site/Repository: Repository: Museo Etrusco Gregoriano, Vatican Museums (Rome, Italy) ID: 344
Period/Date: Black-figure, Archaic; Creation date: ca. 540 BCE
Media/Technique: terracotta
Dimensions: height: 61 cm (24.02 inches)
Subjects: Amphorae; Achilles (Greek mythology); Ajax (Greek mythology); Black-figure; Exekias (Greek artist, 540-520 BCE); Games; Dice; Trojan War; Spears (Weapons); Helmets; Inscriptions
Work Record ID: 214487
Image Record ID: 1294217
Digital filename: 39900Fig05_21
Classification Filing Number: 431J; KE96; 3AA 12; *.digitalonly
HART Image Order Number: 220540
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 07:24:44

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 2700 x 2026
File Size: 7 MB
Record: 1294217
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1294217/39900fig05_21

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 1294217. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1294217/39900fig05_21. May 02, 2024.