A black figured dinos decorated with two animal friezes was discovered between 1886 and 1889
in
Falerii Veteres,
La Penna necropolis, tomb 147 (LXXX) (IXXII Cozza). The vase does not appear in
the monumental work of J.D. Beazley dedicated to the Attic black figured vases, published in 1956
(ABV),
although it includes other black figured vases discovered in the same tomb. The attribution of
the vase has created problems even for A.B. Brownlee, the greatest expert on Attic black figured
dinoi.
The
dinos,
according to the shape and the style of the figures, can be dated to the end of the second
quarter of the 6th century B.C. and can be attributed to Attic production. In particular, it can be
compared to a
dinos
discovered in
Lavinium.
Moreover, this study has brought into evidence contacts
with the "Corinthian" Beotic pottery, Chalcidian pottery, the Campana Dinoi, East Greek Pottery
(especially Clazomenian) and the Campana
hydriae.
Archaeometric analyses of the
dinos
have
evidenced a high presence of copper with a concentration (~ 0,3 %) significantly greater than the
other vases analysed (less then 300 ppm). Analysis of the chromium and nickel concentrations, the
most important element to determine the clay origin, has not yielded decisive data, while analysis of
the strontium and rubidium concentrations has shown for our
dinos
values very close to those of the
dinos
from
Lavinium
(sees
Appendix).
