Main panel: dog on right

Overview: handle left

Main panel: man raising knife

Main panel: tunny over krater

Overview: handle rear

Main panel: man with tunny

Collection: Berlin, Antikenmuseen
Summary: Cooks cutting up a tuna (sacrifice?)
Ware: Attic Black Figure
Painter: Attributed to the Leagros Group
Context: From Vulci
Date: ca. 500 BC
Dimensions:

H. 23.5 (without handle 22.9) cm., d. body 12.5 cm., d. foot 8.2 cm., d. lip 9.5 m.
Primary Citation: ABV, 377.247, 382; Para, 163; Beazley Addenda 2, 100
Shape: Olpe
Beazley Number: 302328
Region: Etruria
Period: Late Archaic

Condition:

There is some discoloration from burning, especially on the reverse.

Decoration Description:

Cooks cutting up a tunny (sacrifice?). A man holds a large tunny over a pillar-shaped cutting block, gripping it by the belly-fin and tail. Another man raises a large knife, preparing to cut off the head of the fish; his left hand is held up in warning. Behind the cutting block stands a long table for laying out the portions. A large skyphos or krater for the refuse stands on the ground in front of the cutting block. Two dogs watch the proceedings, the small dog standing behind the legs of the man on the right, the larger dog behind the man on the left. The men have tied their mantles around their waists, and wear wreaths made from leafy branches.

Collection History:

The vase once belonged to the Canino collection. It was acquired by the museum in 1841.

Sources Used:

CVA, Germany 61, Berlin 7: pl. 36, Beilage G.

Other Bibliography:

Gerhard pl. 316; Monatshefte pl. 10, 5; Schaal Tauschhandel pl. 22, 1; Dedalo 7 (1926-27) 410; Pantheon 24 (1966) 254 fig. 2; DdA 1 (1979) 28, fig. 9; Bérard 1989, 50, fig. 76; Migra 7 (1985) pl. 15..