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ID:

aa_4335

Beazley Number:

320208

Type:

Vase

Date:

ca. -530 — ca. -510

Period:

Archaic

Context:

From Vulci

Region:

Etruria

Painter:

In the manner of the Antimenes Painter

Dimensions:

H. 0.528 m.

Ware:

Attic Black Figure

Shape:

Belly amphora

Decoration Description

Side A: Herakles and the Erymanthian Boar. At center, Herakles lifts the boar and holds it head-down over Eurystheus, who is hiding in a pithos sunk into the ground. Herakles wears a lionskin, a bow and quiver on his shoulder. Eurystheus, mostly hidden in the pithos, holds his hands in the air to ward off the boar. To the right, Athena advances towards Herakles. She wears a long chiton, the aegis bordered with snakes, a helmet, and holds a spear. On the left, Iolaos holds Herakles' club. He wears a short chiton and cuirass, with a sword at his right side. To his left, a deer.

Side B: departure of a warrior. In the center, a warrior standing to left and looking back at a female figure. He wears a visored helmet, greaves, and holds a shield with an octopus design, and a spear. The woman is enveloped in a thick embroidered himation. behind the warrior is a bearded archer, wearing a short chiton and a peaked cap, holding a bow and quiver. On the left, an old man is facing right, wearing a striped himation, raising his right hand and holding a scepter in his left. On the far right, another warrior is departing towards the right and looking back. He wears a short chiton, a Boeotian shield, helmet, greaves, a sword and spear.

Graffiti

Side B: ligature NN

Collection:

London, British Museum

Citations and Bibliography

ABV, 279, 47.

Walters 1893, 114; Boardman 1974, 109-10.