Ama ...

Ama ... ( ancient Greek Ἀμα ... ) is the part of the name signature of a around 530 BC. A potter or vase painter, from whose work two fragments of a signed, red-figure painted bowl with a depiction of a satyr have been preserved, which are now in the Museo Archeologico in Florence (Inv.-No .: 1 B 6 and 1 B 7) are located. For stylistic reasons, another bowl, painted in both black and red-figure style, depicting a dancing satyr with Dionysus and a mask between large eyes (inv. No. 1 B 6) can be assigned to these two fragments is in the same place. These two works are referred to in the literature as the so-called Ama group summarized.

John D. Beazley initially considered adding the signature to the name Amasis and equating it with the potter of the same name, which can be verified in Athens . However, since he only worked in the black-figure style, as far as known so far, he later revised his opinion.

literature

John D. Beazley : Attic Black-figure Vase-painters , Oxford 1956, p. 158
John D. Beazley: Attic Red-figure Vase-painters , 2nd ed. Oxford 1963, p. 160
Konrad Zimmermann : Ama […]. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 1: A-K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-598-11413-3 , pp. 28-29.

personal data
SURNAME	Ama ...
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient Greek vase painter or potter
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.