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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.316
Title
Black-figure Neck Amphora
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
530-520 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288392

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
17.1 cm h (6 3/4 in.); 8.25 cm diam. rim (3 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.316
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
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.

Publication History

  • Muenzen und Medaillen A.G., auct. cat. (Basel, Switzerland, Dezember 1955), p. 7, repr.
  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 15, no. 73
  • F. Brommer, Vasenlisten zur Griechischen Heldensage (1973), p. 110, no. 38; p. 133, no. 25
  • Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), Vol. 5, Herakles 1807.

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
  • [teaching exhibition], University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque

Verification Level

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