Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
Medea Group
Date: ca. 520 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)
Classification: Vases
Culture: Greek, Attic
Period: Archaic
Themes: Amazons, Herakles, Spears, Women
Purchase, Christos G. Bastis Gift, 1961
Date range
-520 – -520
Largest dimension
32.4 cm
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