Amphora
MS1753
From: Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS1753 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Date Made | 550-500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure |
| Iconography | Athena | Heracles | Nemean Lion | Hermes |
| Description | A, Herakles, at left, in combat with the Lion; Athena stands behind, facing right. B, Surface in bad condition: at left, Hermes; at right Herakles; in center, lower drapery and foot? of female? figure. Parts of upper wall, neck and rim missing and restored in plaster. |
| Height | 45 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 26.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number | 910 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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