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| Titles |
Aryballos with Wrestlers: |
| Name |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Name |
Rogers Fund, 1962 |
| Name |
Amasis Painter |
| Type of Resource |
three dimensional object |
| Genre |
Pottery |
| Abstract |
Black-Figure aryballos with decoration in three registers. On the middle register, two nude athletes wrestle; an onlooker at the right may be a referee; on the bottom register two lions attack a ram with male onlookers to either side |
| Physical Location |
The Met Fifth Avenue |
| URL |
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/255132 |
| Extent |
H: 8.3 cm ; Dia: 8.9 cm |
| Form |
tactile material |
| Note |
Dates to c. 550 BCE. It held oils or perfumes used by athletes. |
| Access Condition |
Public Domain |
| Access Condition |
CC0 1.0 |
| Subject Local Name |
--Black-Figure--Aryballos--Greek--Archaic--Athlete--Nudity--Male--Animal--Lion--Wrestler------6th c. BCE--Pale |
| Note |
Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Online. Accessed May 24, 2017. http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/255132 |