Hydria
MS4831
From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4831 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Orvieto |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Date Made | 550-500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure |
| Iconography | Heracles | Athena | Quadriga | Apollo | Dionysos | Hermes | Achilles | Ajax | Horse | Game |
| Description | Main panel: Introduction of Herakles to Olympus. Quadriga facing right, Athena and Herakles ascending at left. Behind horses, left to right, Apollo, Dionysos, Hermes. Shoulder Panel: Achilles and Ajax playing board game in presence of Athena, armor to right and left. Missing: foot; fragments and sections of all other elements, restored in plaster. |
| Height | 38 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 27.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898 |
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