Vatican Amphora No. 344 / Ajax and Achilles Playing a Board Game / Side A, Ajax and Achilles playing draughts / 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, Ajax and Achilles playing draughts
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: 715890
Classification Filing Number: 431J; KE96; 3AA 2; *a&d.r

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Record: 715890
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-715890/1

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 715890. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-715890/1. April 25, 2024.