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ID:

aa_4809

Beazley Number:

201895

Type:

Vase

Date:

ca. -470

Period:

Early Classical

Context:

From Nola

Painter:

Attributed to the Berlin Painter

Dimensions:

H. 0.375 m.

Ware:

Attic Red Figure

Shape:

Amphora

Date Description

This is a "late" Nolan amphora

Decoration Description

Side A: Zeus striding to the right, holding a lotus sceptre in his left hand and hurling a thunderbolt in the form of two lotus buds joined by a bar. He wears a himation and mantle which are actually typical of female dress in Late Nolan amphorae (Kurtz, 86).

Side B: Semele (?) runs to the right and looks back with a gesture of fear. She wears a bracelet on each wrist, and her dress is similar to that of Zeus.

Below the design on each side there is a band of broken, stopped meanders alternating with patterned squares (crosses and dotted saltires). Underneath the foot is an incised *B.

Graffiti

Underneath the foot is an incised *B.

Collection:

London, British Museum

ex. Blacas Coll.

Citations and Bibliography

ARV2, 202,87; Beazley Addenda 2, 192, 202.87.

Kurtz 1983, 86; Walters and Forsdyke 1930, 7.

Hoppin 1919, 60; Beazley 1918, 38; Beazley 1925, 80; Johnston 1979, 120; Kaempf-Dimitriadou 1979, pl. 12.1,2; LIMC, pl. 281, Aigina 3; Birchall & Corbett 1974, fig. 4-5; Keuls 1985, 54, fig. 34