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Mended with the missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, notably most of the mouth and handle. Glaze misfired reddish brown on back; abraded on inside of handle at join of neck. H. 0.181; diam ... Late 5th century B.C ... Swaddling, "Illustrations of Metalworking Furnaces on Greek Vases," in Furnaces and Smelting Technology in Antiquity, P. |
Wall fragment. Glaze thin in places on outside. Max. dim. 0.113.
A, male pursuing a woman. Parts of three figures remain: at the left, a bit of the himation and chiton, and left foot of a woman running ... Ca. 460 B.C ... This scene may represent Zeus pursuing Aigina, for in illustrations of this subject Zeus is often nude except for a cloak over both shoulders, and he moves in much the same manner as the pursuer does on 183. |
Two non-joining wall fragments, a with start of return, unglazed on inside. Max. dim. a) 0.104, b) 0.024. LIMC IV, 1988, p. 929, no. 5, s.v. Erechtheus.
Athena and Hephaistos. Fragment a preserves Athena ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... Rather, in illustrations of the Birth of Erechthonios he holds a phiale and tongs or sometimes just a staff or scepter (for the possibilities, see LIMC IV, 1988, pp. 928--931, s.v. |
Eight non-joining wall fragments, a and b with rim and strengthened with plaster. Band on inside at rim, a narrower one 0.068 below rim. Glaze fired red on inside, slightly misfired below figures on outside ... Ca. 460-450 B.C ... In all these illustrations, the floating fragment (h) is incorrectly placed. |
Fifteen non-joining fragments of wall, P 18278 b--c and P 19582 a--d of torus rim with zone of ornament below. Glaze mottled here and there; has a greenish cast in places; abraded in part on rim. Max ... Ca. 480 B.C ... Mette, Der verlorene Aischylos, Berlin 1963, p. 118), Aischylos introduces a chorus of Nereids mounted on dolphins, and they bring Achilleus his new set of armor, but since the date of the trilogy of which the Nereids was the second play is not assured, it cannot be proven that the early-5th-century illustrations of this story depend on the play. |
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