Monumental Attic grave amphora from Kerameikos cemetery in Athens. Known as Dipylon Amphora. 760-750 BCE.

Dipylon Amphora is a large amphora from the Geometric Era. It is decorated with a funerary scene of prothesis and mourning, among the rows of geometric patterns. In this scene, the deceased is laid flat among lamenting men, women, and children with their hands on their heads in a gesture of despair. This was a common theme in Geometric Era pottery.
It is about five feet tall and it was found in Dipylon in Athens. 760 – 750 BCE. It is the work of "Dipylon Painter".
Exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.

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Amphora Athens Ceramics Clay Dark Age Funerary Geometric Kerameikos National Archaeological Museum Original Photo Pottery