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Black-figure Neck Amphora
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Black-figure Neck Amphora

Black-figure Amphora · 530-520 BCE
Side A: Hermes presents a lyre to Apollo. Side B: Herakles wrestles with the Nemean lion; Iolaus and a maiden watch.

From card catalogue:

Black figure Neck amphora. Small. Attic. : Rim: reserved. Lip: Black. Handle: double rib black. Neck: Intertwined vine and leaf. Shoulder: Parallel radiating lines. Side zones: Palmette and volute, lotus.

A. Hermes standing left. Youth in center, playing stringed instrument. Woman stands at right. B. Bearded man with staff faces right at left. Herakles wrestles with lion in center. Woman at right.

Below: Vine leaf, rays. Foot: Black. Rim: Reserved.

Condition: Extensively mended.
Shape
Technique
Period
Archaic period
Date
530-520 BCE
Culture
Greek
Findspot
Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Museum
Harvard Art Museums
Accession Number
1960.316
Image Source
harvard
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)