Terracotta fragment of a stamnos (jar)

Greek, Attic

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Obverse, Helmeted Athena, wearing her aegis, holding a round shield with a horse as a shield device over her left arm, and an oinochoe in her right hand, getting ready to pour a libation for Herakles; Herakles is at the left, and is wearing his lion skin over his chitoniskos; his right hand holds a phiale, and his left, holds his club?; to the right of Athena, is the head and upper torso of Hermes, whose right hand is raised; he wears a petasos and a chlamys; at the shoulder, a band of tongues; the panel ornament is a chain of pomegranates; Reverse; part of the band tongues from the shoulder and the right hand corner of the panel ornament (chain of pomegranates) is preserved; one handle is intact

Terracotta fragment of a stamnos (jar), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta fragment of a stamnos (jar), Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta fragment of a stamnos (jar), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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