Amphora
MS1753
From: Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS1753 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Attic |
Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia |
Manufacture Location | Attica |
Date Made | 550-500 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Black Figure |
Iconography | Athena | Heracles | Nemean Lion | Hermes |
Description | A, Herakles, at left, in combat with the Lion; Athena stands behind, facing right. B, Surface in bad condition: at left, Hermes; at right Herakles; in center, lower drapery and foot? of female? figure. Parts of upper wall, neck and rim missing and restored in plaster. |
Height | 45 cm |
Outside Diameter | 26.5 cm |
Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
Other Number | 910 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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