| Inventory Number: | PNP 21 | |
| Title: | Large Red Figure Kylix Fragment | |
| Description: | I. On a) the lower edge of a dress, and the toes of a left foot; at the left, an uncertain object (altar?). On b) part of the dress of a second female figure, moving right, her left foot advanced. Rocky ground indicating by light incisions. Sets of meander border broken by dotted checkerboard squares. A. a) From left to right: to the left of the handle-palmette a figure in short chiton, heavily embroidered, and cloak stands three quarters left, a spear or long staff in the right hand. Next, Herakles seated, his left arm raised, his club held in his right hand which is swung above his head (?). He leans on his club with his hands. Drapery around his hips; quiver and bow slung at his side. b) Part of a female figure wearing a peplos moving right*. Further left, the legs of a fourth figure, left; and the extreme left part of an uncertain object (his drapery??). *Addenda in pencil but not published [seating she rests her right arm on the ground]. Relief contour. Brown shading on cloak, club, and quiver. Glaze thick and firm. Originally, as the incised sketched shows the hand of Herakles leaning on the club was drawn lower down. | |
| Negatives: | LI-45, LI-64 | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia Suppl. 10 (1956), p. 17, no. 28, pl. 4. | |
| References: | Publication: Hesperia Suppl. 10 (1956) Image: 2012.53.0334 (LI-45) Image: 2012.53.0352 (LI-64) Card: PNP 21 Card: PNP 21 |
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