APC Image: AK 0803: Small sherd of a large black-figured vase, Attic in clay and letter forms, but resembling Corinthian work in design. Has 4 figures: in front is a nude male figure embracing a woman; behind are two men, probably walking - first one is Damas and he carries a spear, second one is probably Kelainos. The fragment belongs to a well known vase decorated with scenes of the funeral games of Pelias, large parts of which were found in the excavations on the Acropolis. Object Description: | | Small sherd of a large black-figured vase, Attic in clay and letter forms, but resembling Corinthian work in design. Has 4 figures: in front is a nude male figure embracing a woman; behind are two men, probably walking - first one is Damas and he carries a spear, second one is probably Kelainos. The fragment belongs to a well known vase decorated with scenes of the funeral games of Pelias, large parts of which were found in the excavations on the Acropolis. | Negative Number: | | AK 0803 | Category: | | Pottery | Subcategory: | | Vessel | Site: | | Acropolis, North Slope | City: | | Athens | Region: | | Attica | Country: | | Greece | Format: | | Glass-plate | Dimensions: | | 18 X 13 | Bibliography: | | Graef-Langlotz ANT. VAS. V. D. AKROPOLIS, I, p. 64, No. 590, and II, pl. 27). Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 340, fig. 12. | Repository: | | ASCSA ARCHIVES | Collection Title: | | Archaeological Photographic Collection | Series: | | AK | Image Width: | | 2135 | Image Height: | | 1546 |
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