neck-amphora
- Museum number
- 1837,0609.62
- Description
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Pottery: black-figured neck-amphora.
(a) Medea boiling the ram: In the centre is a lebes on a tripod over a fire, out of which appears the forepart of a ram to right. On the left is Medea standing to right, left hand raised in an attitude of command; she wears a mitra, long embroidered chiton, and striped himation, which she holds up with right hand. Behind her sits Pelias on an okladias to right, with long white tresses and white beard, fillet, long chiton and himation, both embroidered, staff in left hand. On the right are his two daughters, Antinoe and Asteropeia, to left with long hair, fillets, and long embroidered chitons with diploidia; the further one has right hand raised in astonishment.
(b) Contest of Heracles and Geryon: Heracles, with lion's skin and short chiton, sheath at side and sword brandished in right hand, strides forward to right to attack Geryon who is represented as three fully-armed warriors joined at the hips. All the bodies are fully armed; the left-hand one has an ivy-wreath on his shield, and short striped embroidered chiton; the middle one falls back wounded, the other two thrust with spears. Between the combatants is Eurytion fallen in a sitting posture to right; he is bearded, with pilos and close-fitting jerkin.
- Production date
- 510BC-500BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 33.02 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
De Witte, Descr. No. 124; Gerhard, A.V. 157; Baumeister, p. 1201. For the scene on side A, cf. Vase Β328, and Berlin Cat. 2188. Geryon appears in the same for on Vases Β156 and B220.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Badly damaged.
- Acquisition date
- 1837
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1837,0609.62