Object class: Supernatural entities (motifs) / Donor: Alfred Emerson - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Amphora, accession number 8-3377, described as Attic black-figure amphora of “doubleen” shape; A, combat of three warriors; at left archer to left looking round; at right two hoplites fighting, one fallen to ground (his sheild blazon a white tripod); B, Dionysos standing to right., head turned back, holding rhyton and branch, between dancing satyr and maenad; on neck, lotus-palmette on shoulder, tongues. Height 32.0 cm Diameter 18.2 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Amphora type a, accession number 8-60, described as Attic black-figure amphora type B; A, Achilles pursuing Troilos; at left, Athena; at right, Polyxena; her hydria has dropped but not broken; B, departure of warriors with chariot; at right, mantled figure; beneath horses, small mantled figure - a child (?); above each scene, lotus palmette frieze; at base, rays. height 45.7; diameter 30.7 cm. Vessel features Homeric epic scene.

Hearst Museum object titled Bow fibula, accession number 8-6673, described as Dragon fibula; bronze, three knobs on one side; hinge type; two on other; ring around half of clasp; length: 10.2 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Bust (reproduction), accession number 21-108, described as Cast of big bust of Athena in Corinthian helmet and aegis. From a marble of Pentelic stone found near Tusculum (Rome) Roayl Glyptothek, Munich. This bust repeats the famous Pallas of Valletri in Paris and is a better sculpture. The type is the handsomest of all the Greek Minervas we have. The head and gave are long, and of masculine severity, very different from the round, almost Dutch face of the Athena Parthenos. The marble preserves the hardness of a bronze original. New: nose, part of nether lip, sections of helmet and aegis. Formerly in the Villa Albani, Rome. Went to Paris as one of Napoleon’s trophies. Piroli, Musée Napoleon I, plate 8.

Hearst Museum object titled Calyx-krater, accession number 8-3495, described as Attic Red-figure calyx-krater; on rim, tongue pattern; above scenes, wreath pattern; below them, palmette-triangles (A), wreath pattern (B); A, apotheosis of Herakles; Flying Nike about to crown him with taenia; at 1. Dionysos and Athena; at r. Hebe(?) and satyr; B, maenad with tympanon and thyrsos, seated between Dionysos and satyr. H., 45.2;D., 39.0 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4844, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 2.26 grams, 14 mm. 393-322 BC. Athens, Greece. Obverse: Head of Athena r. Reverse: Owl. Remarks: "illegible

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4797, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 9.14 grams, 19 mm. 220-83 BC. Athens, Greece. Obverse: Head of Athena r. Reverse: Zeus r. hurling thunderbolt; in field, Α / Θ / Ε, star between crescents.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4826, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 4.34 grams, 17 mm. Aetolian League, 279-168 BC. Obverse: Head of Athena facing r. Reverse: ΑΙΤΩ, Hercules (Greek: Herakles); to left, monogram; above, X.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4789, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 8.17 grams, 18 mm. Thurium, Italy. Fourth century BC. Obverse: Bust of Athena r. helmeted. Reverse: Bull rushing r.; above, anchor.

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