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Both sides illustrate the same scene. Herakles, having forced the Cretan bull down on one knee, tightens a rope that binds the animal around its horns, left hind leg, and testicles.
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Title: Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with Herakles and a bull
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 520–510 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions:
H. 15 5/8 in. (39.8 cm).
Diameter 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
Accession Number: 41.162.193
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