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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.4764#0220
21G CATALOGUE
742. Amphora, clii. 1 ft. 2Tpo in- Design red on a
black ground ; the main outlines drawn in black, the inner
markings faintly traced in red ; 1. Achilles receiving his arms
from his mother Thetis; Achilles is beardless and has long
hair bound with a diadem ; he wears a fringed and embroidered
chiton reaching nearly to the knees; in his right hand a spear,
at his left side hangs his sword ; Thetis wears a talaric chiton
and2)eplos ; her hair is gathered into a mass behind and bound
with a double diadem ; on her right arm she bears the shield
of Achilles, in her left hand she holds out to him his helmet
nearly conical in form, with cheek-pieces and a frontal ridge ; a
horse-hair crest rises from the apex; the shield has for device
a lion springing forward ; the antyx is marked by two incised
concentric circles; 2. rev. two beardless youths conversing,
both wear diadems and mantles ; one has long flaky curls, the
other leans forward on a buktron or staff; he wears a mantle
drawn over the back of the head which is bound with a
diadem; on the bottom of the foot incised characters, PI.
B. 742. Vulci. a*
No. 1377.
743. ------------- clv. 1 ft. 3-^ in. Design red on a
black ground; the main outlines drawn in black, the inner
markings faintly traced in red; 1. a scene probably repre-
senting some festival in honour of Dionysos; in the centre
of the composition the terminal figure of the god stand-
ing on a base, and clad in a talaric chiton and peplos ; the beard
is long and pointed; the hair, ivy-crowned and bound with
a diadem, falls in tresses down the back and in curls in
front of the ear; above the head of the statue is a mass of
ivy foliage, before the god a female figure, about to make
a libation from a kantharos, which with her right hand
she holds by the handle, placing her left under its foot;
her hair ivy-crowned is gathered into a mass behind; she
wears earrings, and a talaric chiton over which falls an
upper garment as low as the hips with pteruges at the sides ;
before her is a tripod table on which are round cakes,
plakoimtes, and a piece of flesh ; a thyrsus with an ivy-branch
bound to the middle of the narthex leans against the table;
behind the statue another female figure similarly attired, her
long hair ivy-crowned and flowing in tresses; in her right
hand she carries an oinochoe, in her left a basket of wicker-
work, kanu, in form something like a radiated crown ; 2. rev.
three Maenads; one on the left holds in her right hand a
742. Amphora, clii. 1 ft. 2Tpo in- Design red on a
black ground ; the main outlines drawn in black, the inner
markings faintly traced in red ; 1. Achilles receiving his arms
from his mother Thetis; Achilles is beardless and has long
hair bound with a diadem ; he wears a fringed and embroidered
chiton reaching nearly to the knees; in his right hand a spear,
at his left side hangs his sword ; Thetis wears a talaric chiton
and2)eplos ; her hair is gathered into a mass behind and bound
with a double diadem ; on her right arm she bears the shield
of Achilles, in her left hand she holds out to him his helmet
nearly conical in form, with cheek-pieces and a frontal ridge ; a
horse-hair crest rises from the apex; the shield has for device
a lion springing forward ; the antyx is marked by two incised
concentric circles; 2. rev. two beardless youths conversing,
both wear diadems and mantles ; one has long flaky curls, the
other leans forward on a buktron or staff; he wears a mantle
drawn over the back of the head which is bound with a
diadem; on the bottom of the foot incised characters, PI.
B. 742. Vulci. a*
No. 1377.
743. ------------- clv. 1 ft. 3-^ in. Design red on a
black ground; the main outlines drawn in black, the inner
markings faintly traced in red; 1. a scene probably repre-
senting some festival in honour of Dionysos; in the centre
of the composition the terminal figure of the god stand-
ing on a base, and clad in a talaric chiton and peplos ; the beard
is long and pointed; the hair, ivy-crowned and bound with
a diadem, falls in tresses down the back and in curls in
front of the ear; above the head of the statue is a mass of
ivy foliage, before the god a female figure, about to make
a libation from a kantharos, which with her right hand
she holds by the handle, placing her left under its foot;
her hair ivy-crowned is gathered into a mass behind; she
wears earrings, and a talaric chiton over which falls an
upper garment as low as the hips with pteruges at the sides ;
before her is a tripod table on which are round cakes,
plakoimtes, and a piece of flesh ; a thyrsus with an ivy-branch
bound to the middle of the narthex leans against the table;
behind the statue another female figure similarly attired, her
long hair ivy-crowned and flowing in tresses; in her right
hand she carries an oinochoe, in her left a basket of wicker-
work, kanu, in form something like a radiated crown ; 2. rev.
three Maenads; one on the left holds in her right hand a