Black-figured Attic Skyphos

500 BC circa

MArTA - Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto
Taranto, Italy

The main image depicts Heracles seated on a rocky ledge in the act of conversing with Helios. The sun god sits on a chariot drawn by two winged horses emerging from the sea, in which three dolphins are swimming.

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Title: Black-figured Attic Skyphos
Date Created: 500 BC circa
Location Created: Taranto, Contrada Corti Vecchie, 1914
Physical Dimensions: 16.6 cm (height); 22.1 cm (diameter, rim)
Medium: Ceramic
Room: Room VIII, showcase 75, 1.9

MArTA - Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto

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