Attic black-figure neck-amphora; put together from fragments, with some restoration in plaster; A, herkales and geryon, with Eurytion, between Athena and a woman; B, Departure of a warrior with a dog between old man and woman; neck, lotus-palmette; shoulder, tongues; beneath pictures, maeander, lotus buds, rays; at handles, lotus palmette. Height 40.5cm; Diameter 27.2cm
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Gela, Sicily, Italy
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Person depicted:
Athena (Greek deity), Eurytion (Greek deity), Geryon (Greek deity), and Heracles (Greek and Roman diety)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Athena and Neck amphorae
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1962-1963 #6: Art Department (UC Berkeley) (August 3, 1962–February 1, 1963), S1963-1964 #95: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley) (June 24, 1964–September 10, 1964), and S1975-1976 #22: University of Oregon (March 22, 1976–June 14, 1976)