kyathos
- Museum number
- 1836,0224.94
- Description
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Pottery: black-figured kyathos (dipper). Coarse style. On the handle, a moulded palmette, and bud above, in imitation of metal. Heracles capturing the Erymanthian boar: Heracles, nude and beardless, stoops forward to right, and grasps the boar round the shoulders with both hands. In the background on either side is a tree, from the branches of which hang his embroidered chlamys, club, bow, and quiver; he also holds a club in right hand. On either side is a mounted Amazon looking on, in high-crested helmet with fillet, and embroidered himation. On the right is a third Amazon, also mounted, turned away from the scene, similarly attired.
- Production date
- 500BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 11.15 centimetres
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Height: 16.51 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
Durand Coll. 275. Corey, Amaz. Ant. Fig. p. 84.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Twelve Labours of Herakles
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1836,0224.94
