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Two-handled jar (amphora) with warriors setting out for battle

about 520–515 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Figure
DimensionsHeight: 25.8 cm (10 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number01.8026
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
Inscriptions"Amasis epoiesen" (Amasis made [it]) Side A: In two lines, [ΑΜ]ΑSΙS [Μ]ΕΠΟΙΕSΕΝ (between the figures). Side B: ΑΜΑSΙSΜΕΠΟΙΕSΕΝ (between the figures).
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Alfred Bourguignon Collection; by 1901: purchased from Alfred Bourguignon by Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bourguignon label [on the vase]: Orvieto); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December, 1901