Horses Amphora

The Horse Amphora is the name given to a Melian pithamphora in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens with the inventory number 913.

The name of the vessel derives from its main image, which shows two slim, graceful, long-legged horses standing beside each other.

The empty space was filled with various motifs, including zigzags which recall earlier images of Group Ad, though the drawings are far more detailed than those of the Ad Group.

The two ornamental bands of the vessel's body are decorated with simpler double-volutes and concentric circles.

The horizontal double handles are reminiscent of goats' horns (or, really, anything curved...).