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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.2123.2
People
Possibly attributable to a painter of Group E, Greek
Title
Fragment of an Attic Black-figure Amphora
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
c. 550 BCE-525 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/198496

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Bought in Orvieto in 1906.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University; deposited by Professor J. M. Paton
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.2123.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Head of lion, right, chest and shoulders of Herakles. Added red circle around nipple. Added red in lion in mane. Teeth in added white.

Verification Level

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