Malibu 88.AE.24 (Vase)
Side A: Herakles wielding club against centaurSide B: Palaestra scene
- ID:
- aa_5098
- Beazley Number:
- 28120
- Type:
- Vase
- Date:
- ca. -530 — ca. -520
- Period:
- High Archaic
- Context:
- Athens
- Region:
- Attica
- Painter:
- Attributed to the Medea Group
- Dimensions:
-
H. 34 cm., d. foot 13 cm.
- Ware:
- Attic Black Figure
- Shape:
- Amphora, type B
Decoration Description
Side A: Between onlookers, Herakles wields a club against a rock-throwing centaur (Nessos?). Side B: A palaestra is pictured with, from left to right, a javelin thrower to left, a discobolus to right, and behind him, a crouching figure examining a javelin to right, and a jumper with weights in each hand, also to right.
Graffiti
Under the foot there is a graffito in the shape of three convergent triangles.
- Collection:
- Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum
