Attic black-figure lekythos; echinoid foot; plump cylindrical body; surface worn and pitted; on shoulder, red streak, short tongues, inverted lotus chain; Herakles stabs the Nemean Lion with a sword between two pairs of mantled youths, holding spears (leftmost figure completely eroded); Herakles’ club on ground, his mantle in field.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Athens, Attica, Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Person depicted:
Heracles (Greek and Roman diety)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Lekythoi
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Comment:
Airport Loan with mount number 014 (3/2010) in box in kroeber 19 mez
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1968-1969 #34: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Dick Ransom (November 8, 1968–January 15, 1969), S1973-1974 #19: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley) (October 8, 1973–unknown), S1975-1976 #22: University of Oregon (March 22, 1976–June 14, 1976), and S2008-2009 #12: SFO Museum (June 2009–June 28, 2010)