Archaeology & Antiquities
Black-Figure White-Ground Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Horseman, Horse between Warriors, Dog
Permanent ExhibitionCeramicsVessel
Details
- Author / creator
- Edinburgh Painter (Greek, Attic, active c. 505–485 BCE)
- Object type
- Archaeology
- Date or period
- c. 500 BCE
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 32.4 cm
- Site or findspot
- Vulci, Italy (Greek import)
- Cultural period
- Ancient
About this object
Two armed warriors, each wearing a crested helmet and holding a spear and shield, flank a mounted horseman, who leads another horse. The warrior at right reaches up with one hand to the head of the second horse, raising the question of how he still holds his spear. Below, a dog twists to scratch itself and look back, its right hind foot apparently resting on one of the warrior’s.
Materials and technique
Ceramic
