Vatican Amphora No. 344 / Ajax and Achilles Playing a Board Game / Side A, Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice / 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, Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice
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: 1299656
Digital filename: 07d114659
Classification Filing Number: 431J; KE96; 3AA; *.digitalonly
HART Image Order Number: 220041
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 05:35:05

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 1270 x 1800
File Size: 304 KB
Record: 1299656
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1299656/07d114659

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 1299656. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1299656/07d114659. June 10, 2025.