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amphora
Object Type
amphora
Museum number
1888,0208.126
Description
Three joined sherds of black-figure painted pottery amphora showing Herakles strangling the Nemean lion. Heracles to right, nude; the lion's left hind-leg is pressed against Heracles' left leg; the heads of both are lost. Purple on mane of lion. White as narrow stripe along its belly. The painting, but not the incision, of the fore-paw has been omitted.
Cultures/periods
Attic
Archaic Greek
Production date
550BC-540BC
Production place
Made in:
Attica (Greece)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Tell Dafana
, "Qasr", east annex (C), chamber 19 A, bench on west side
Materials
pottery
Ware
Black Figure
Technique
painted
incised
Dimensions
Height:
13 centimetres
(as restored)
Width:
11 centimetres
(max)
Curator's comments
BM Cat. Vases The composition is the upright one, cf. BM Vase Β160.
Findspot number '19A W' scratched on the item
Bibliographic references
Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum
(B129.7)
CVA British Museum 8 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 13, British Museum 8
(Pl. GB 608, 11)
Weber 2012 / Untersuchungen zur archaischen griechischen Keramik aus anderen ägyptischen Fundorten
(TD 44)
Leclère and Spencer 2014 / Tell Dafana Reconsidered: The Archaeology of an Egyptian Frontier Town
(p.208)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical deity
mammal
Associated names
Representation of:
Herakles/Hercules
Representation of:
Nemean Lion
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Acquisition date
1888
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1888,0208.126