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One Fragment from an Attic Black-Figure Lekythos

Black-figure Lekythos · 6th–5th century B.C.

The fragment from the vessel's shoulder preserves the head of Herakles to right, with lion skin over it. At right edge, shoulder of Athena (snake-aegis).

Shape

Lekythos

Technique

Black-figure

Date

6th–5th century B.C.

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Museum

J. Paul Getty Museum

Accession Number

81.AE.10.4

Image Source

getty_cc0

Related Vases

LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)

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