The Ure Museum's Etruscan amphora showing Troilos is a mid to late 6th century black-figure terracotta amphora of the 'Pontic' type[1] attributed to the Tityos Painter.[2] The main decoration is a depiction of the ambush of the Trojan Troilos by the Greek hero Achilles.
^Ure, P N (1951). "A New Pontic Amphora". The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 71: 198–202. doi:10.2307/628202. JSTOR 628202. S2CID 163606144.
^"Ure Museum | Database". uredb.reading.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-11.[permanent dead link]
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