APC Image: AK 0803Small 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.
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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