Pottery: red-figured neck-amphora. (a) The sending of Triptolemos. In the centre Triptolemos, a youth with long hair looped up over the ears, a laurel wreath (red) with an olive wreath (purple) over it, a mantle about his legs, is seated to right in the winged carriage; he holds upright in his left a sceptre, the end resting on his right foot, and in his right a phiale. On the right Demeter stands en face, but looking at him, and pouring wine (the σπονδή) from a jug hanging in her right hand: her left rests on her shoulder. On the left Persephone stands looking on, leaning with her left on a sceptre, and holding downwards in her right ears of corn. Each goddess wears a long sleeved chiton and himation, earrings, and a radiated fillet. Demeter has a saccos: Persephone, a broad band, studded with crosses, wound twice round her looped up hair: her chiton has a broad border of dots and a pattern of crosses. The wings of the chariot are very long, and rise perpendicularly from the axle. The seat is modelled after an Ionic capital, with a spotted cushion, and has a dotted step and side rail terminating in a rosette, resting on columniform supports. (b) Demeter (?), Persephone (?), and a woman. Two women, resembling the goddesses in a, stand on the right, facing a figure closely draped in long chiton and mantle, and long hair bound with radiated fillet, who appears to be a woman and to wear earrings. Demeter stands in the centre, dressed as before, and holding a burning torch. Persephone stands on right en face, but looking to left, holding in her right upright a sceptre: her chiton is here without decoration, her hair is knotted behind, and she has a radiated fillet. Late stage of large style. Purple (or white?) rays, wreath, wine, flame, and ears of corn. No inner markings of anatomy. Eye in profile. --The British Museum, A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893; Walters, H B, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 4, British Museum 3, London, BMP, 1927
Pottery: red-figured neck-amphora. (a) Achilles slaying Penthesileia. Achilles, a bearded warrior wearing helmet with lowered cheek-pieces, mantle hanging from left arm, shield (device, a panther to left, red, on a red ground-line, on black ground) and spear in left hand, strides to left, swinging over his head a long sword (κοπίς) with spiral end of handle, against Penthesileia, who retreats before him, holding up in both hands her heavy battle-axe (sagaris) as if to ward off the blow: she wears anaxyrides of the usual pattern, shoes, kidaris with flat top, and a short chiton with apoptygma, tied with a dotted girdle: her head is in three-quarter face to right: at her side hangs by a purple crossbelt a quiver with wing-shaped flap. Beside her in the background her horse prances to left: below it, her bow (of Scythian form) falls to the ground. On the shield of Achilles his name is inscribed, AXΙΛΛΕΥΣ, Άχιλλεύς. (b) A bearded draped man with sceptre in right, standing en face between two women: the one on the left, at whom he looks, holds up her right hand as if addressing him: the other holds in her right a burning torch. Each wears an Ionic chiton, mantle, and earrings: the one on left has a saccos: the other a fillet. On the bottom of the foot are incised characters ΣΠA. Purple inscription, cross-belt, reins, flame, and fillets. Brown inner markings, edge of hair, tail of a horse: also for pupil of eye, which in a is of much exaggerated size. --The British Museum, Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893; Walters, H B, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 4, British Museum 3, London, BMP, 1927