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| Keywords: Greek - Black-Figure Amphora - Walters 4813 - Detail A.jpg This vase may portray the common departure scene of two warriors in full armor leaving home for war or it may represent a famous scene from The Iliad in which Priam king of Troy comes to claim and pay ransom for the body of his son Hector Achilles who killed Hector in single combat greets the elderly king Witnessing this scene are a second warrior who stands next to Achilles and another man standing behind ca 520 510 BC Archaic terracotta cm 32 3 20 5 accession number 48 13 10431 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome no 231 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Athens Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek black-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Achilles in ancient Greek pottery Ransom of Hector Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Priam in ancient Greek pottery | ||||
