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Terracotta neck-amphora

Terracotta neck-amphora






Date : near 540 B.C.

Material : Terra cotta
Acquisition : Lent by Doca Financiera S.A. (1998)
Herakles and the Nemean Lion
Item 4 on 36
Greek Antiquities
Container

Vitrine : V02

Area related
Etrurie (Italy)

Description   

Decoration
- on the shoulder : komasts (revelers)
- in the central band : Herakles and the Nemean Lion
- below : animals

The neck-amphora was found in Etruria in the 1820s.

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