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Black-figure Neck Amphora: Hoplite flanked by Cavalrymen

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Side A: a hoplite flanked by cavalrymen. Side B: a warrior about to mount a chariot, the charioteer already holding the reins; a spectator behind the horses. Mended, three fragments missing.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of David M. Robinson
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Title: Black-figure Neck Amphora: Hoplite flanked by Cavalrymen
Description:
Side A: a hoplite flanked by cavalrymen.
Side B: a warrior about to mount a chariot, the charioteer already holding the reins; a spectator behind the horses.
Mended, three fragments missing.

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