- Museum number
- 1843,1103.73
- Description
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Pottery: black-figured hydria. Well-executed; accessories somewhat faded. Designs in red on black panels, with borders of ivy down the sides; accessories of white and purple.
1. On the shoulder: Heracles strangling the Nemean lion: Composition as usual; Heracles nude, stooping forward; above him is inscribed: HEΡAKΛEΣ; in the field his sword and quiver are suspended. On the right is Athene rushing forward to left, with long tresses, lofty helmet with cheek-pieces, aegis, and long striped chiton, in left hand spear; behind her: ΑΘΕΝΑΙΑ. On the left Iolaos seated to right, bearded, with cuirass, short striped chiton, and Heracles' club in right hand. Before him: EIOΛEOΣ, Είολεως.
2. On the body: Heracles reposing: He is reclining on a couch, nude, with short curly hair and fillet; over his lower limbs is a striped himation, and his left elbow rests on a cushion. The legs of the couch are ornamented with volutes and palmettes, and have feet shaped like Ionic caps; those at the head have quasi-Ionic caps. By the side of the couch is a small table on which are three pieces of meat, three other objects, and a cantharos; beneath are his club, bow, and quiver. Above are suspended his sword and lion's skin: inscribed above him is HEΡAKΛEΣ (retr.). Behind him stand Athene and Hermes; Athene has long tresses, high-crested helmet with fillet, aegis with scales, and long striped chiton, and is placing a taenia on Heracles' head; Hermes is bearded, and has long tresses, embroidered chlamys, petasos, endromides, and caduceus. These figures are inscribed ΑΘΕΝΑΙΑ (retr.) and HEPMEΣ. On the left is Alcmene to right, with earrings and necklace, bracelet on left arm, long diapered chiton and embroidered himation over her head, left hand raised. In front of her: AΛKMENE.
3. Below, a frieze with a stag-hunt: in the centre is the stag running to right, looking back; on either side is a nude horseman charging it, the one on right bearded; behind each is a nude bearded male figure running up.
- Production date
- 520BC-510BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 295 millimetres
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Height: 416 millimetres
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Weight: 4650 grammes
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Width: 345 millimetres
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Depth: 295 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
Mus. Etr. p.148; Gerhard, Etr. u. Gr. Trinksch. pl. C, 6; Micali, Storia, pl. 89; Archaeologia, xxiii. p.237; Ann. dell’ Inst. 1831, p.152, No. 382; C.I.Gr. 7559; cf. also Roscher, p.2217.
For the design (2),cf. Gerhard, A.V. 108.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2007 31 Mar-30 Jun, Gosport, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes
2007-2008 3 Nov-24 Feb, Leicester, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes
2008 29 Mar-1 Jun, Luton, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes
2008 20 Jun-5 Oct, Lincoln, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes
2008-2009 25 Oct-24 Jan, South Shields, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes
2009 7 Feb-4 May, Glasgow, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors & Heroes
2011 Jun-Oct, South Korea, Ulsan Museum, 'Fantastic Creatures'.
2012 Jan-Apr, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 'Fantastic Creatures'
2017 13 Jul-15 Oct, Madrid, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks
2017-2018 23 Nov-18 Feb, Barcelona, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks
2018 20 Mar-24 Jun, Sevilla, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks
2018 24 Jul-4 Nov, Zaragoza, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks
2018-2019 18 Dec-31 Mar, Palma, Caixa Forum, Ancient Greeks
2021 19 Jun-7 Nov, Australia, Perth, Western Australian Museum, Ancient Greeks
2021-2022 16 Dec-1 May, Australia, Canberra, National Museum of Australia, Ancient Greeks
2022 10 Jun-06 Nov, New Zealand, Auckland, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Ancient Greeks
2022-2024 24 Dec-25 Feb, China, Suzhou, Suzhou Museum, Ancient Greeks
- Acquisition date
- 1843
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1843,1103.73
