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The Dipylon Master was an
ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic p ...
vase painter who was active from around 760–750 BC. He worked in
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, where he and his workshop produced large funerary vessels for those interred in the
Dipylon Gate The Dipylon ( gr, Δίπυλον, "Two-Gated") was the main gate in the city wall of Classical Athens. Located in the modern suburb of Kerameikos, it led to the namesake ancient cemetery, and to the roads connecting Athens with the rest of Greece. ...
cemetery, whence his name comes. His work belongs to the very late stage of the Geometric Style. His vases served as grave markers and
libation A libation is a ritual pouring of a liquid, or grains such as rice, as an offering to a deity or spirit, or in memory of the dead. It was common in many religions of antiquity and continues to be offered in cultures today. Various substanc ...
receptacles for aristocratic graves and as such are decorated with a depiction of the prothesis scene representing the mourning of the deceased. Almost 50 vases have been attributed to the Dipylon Master and his workshop. Examples include the Dipylon Amphora in
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, and the Elgin Amphora in the
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.British Museum Collection
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See also

* List of Greek vase painters * Pottery of ancient Greece


References and sources

;References ;Sources *Roisman, Joseph, and translated by J.C Yardley, ''Ancient Greece from Homer to Alexander'' (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2011) *Boardman, J. ''Early Greek Vase Painting: 11th–6th Centuries BC: A Handbook (World of Art)''. London: Thames and Hudson Publishing, May 1998. ().


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* {{Authority control 8th-century BC Greek people Ancient Greek vase painters Anonymous artists of antiquity Ancient Athenians Year of birth unknown