Apulian Red Figure Panathenaic Type Amphora
4th century BC
By the Ginosa Painter
On loan, Philadelphia Museum of Art
L-64-26
This South Italian vessel depicts offerings being made to the dead. A woman
approaches, holding a wreath and a cosmetic box. The man stretches out a large
offering bowl. The two converge on a small pedimented structure representing
either an elaborate grave stele or some form of shrine to the heroized dead.
The shield and helmet inside the door suggest that the deceased was a soldier.
H. 60.5; Dia. 25.0 cm. UM neg. S4-90903.