Fragments of Attic black-figure pitchers; Hermes (Latin: Mercury) and goddess escort a warrior. Possibly Herakles (?) (Latin: Hercules)on quadriga to right?; several fragments, some partially restored.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb P, Saturnia, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb P
Culture or time period:
Etruscan and Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1895
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Person depicted:
Heracles (Greek and Roman diety) and Hermes (Greek deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Fragments (object portions) and Pitchers (vessels)
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1980-1981 #41: University of California, Davis (January 8, 1981–March 12, 1981), S1981-1982 #34: University of California, Davis/Lynn Roller (January 7, 1982–March 26, 1982), S1983-1984 #33: University of California, Davis (January 5, 1984–March 28, 1984), S1984-1985 #27: University of California, Davis (January 2, 1985–March 29, 1985), S1985-1986 #21: University of California, Davis/Lynn Roller (January 7, 1986–unknown), S1987-1988 #27: University of California, Davis (January 7, 1988–April 4, 1988), S1988-1989 #23: University of California, Davis/Lynn Roller (January 9, 1989–March 22, 1989), and S1990-1991 #21: Department of Classics, UC Davis/Lynn Roller (January 8, 1991–March 27, 1991)