File:Terracotta amphora (jar) MET GR191.jpg
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[edit]Terracotta amphora (jar) ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Terracotta amphora (jar) |
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Description |
Greek, Attic; Amphora, Type B; Vases; Obverse, Theseus slaying the Minotaur; Reverse, men weighing merchandise |
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Date | circa 540–530 B.C. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | Terracotta | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | H. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q160236 |
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Current location |
Greek and Roman Art |
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Accession number |
47.11.5 |
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Place of discovery | Agrigento | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1947 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | Signed by Taleides as potter; Inscribed: "Taleides epoiesen" "Klitarchos kalos" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | Discovered at Agrigento in Sicily before 1801, this may be the first Greek vase with a potter's signature to have been published in modern Europe. Besides the signature, there is an inscription praising a youth, Klitarchos, as handsome. After Herakles, Theseus is the major hero in Athenian iconography. He was credited with uniting the principalities of Attica and with numerous exploits. Here he kills the Minotaur (part-man, part-bull) in the palace of King Minos on Crete. The reverse shows a large scale with containers on each pan and a man bringing them into balance. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer |
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254578
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