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The amphora was made around 575–550 BC, during the Archaic Period and the tyranny of Peisistratus at Athens.
The amphora is a piece of black-figure pottery, deriving from the region of Attica, which is located in Mainland Greece to the south of Boeotia, with Athens as its capital.
The work is now stored in the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon under the inventory number E 581-c, in the department of antiquities. It was a donation of Joseph Gillet in 1923. In January 1995 the amphora was cleaned using steam and cotton swabs with water and a little ammonia. It was then buffed with soft fibreglass and the missing half of its foot was reconstructed in plaster. This returned the vase to a good state, though some scratches remain around the neck and the red part of the surface is damaged.
Attica Peisistratus ammonia Boeotia black-figure Joseph Gillet Athens amphora Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon Archaic Period