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Neck-amphora
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with double handles
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 172
Obverse, Thanatos (Death) and Hypnos (Sleep) with the body of SarpedonReverse, Eos (Dawn) with the body of her son, MemnonThe scenes on this jar show two great heroes of the Trojan War being lifted from the battlefield after their deaths. Sarpedon, a son of the god Zeus, will be carried to Lycia, his homeland in southern Asia Minor, and Memnon, to his kingdom in Ethiopia.
Inscription: Nonsense inscriptions on obverse
von Bothmer, Dietrich. 1957. "Greek Vases from the Hearst Collection." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 15(7): pp. 166, 172.
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