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Source Description
Four four-horse chariots proceed around the interior of this libation bowl, each driven by a winged Nike (Victory) and accompanied by a flying Eros. Each carries a different figure—Athena, Herakles, Ares, and Dionysos—and small animals race along before the horses. The appearance of Herakles with these Olympians suggests his apotheosis.
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Document identity
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108841
label
Black-Gloss Mesomphalic Phiale (Libation Bowl): Apotheosis of Herakles
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1
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108841
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object
title
Black-Gloss Mesomphalic Phiale (Libation Bowl): Apotheosis of Herakles
description
Four four-horse chariots proceed around the interior of this libation bowl, each driven by a winged Nike (Victory) and accompanied by a flying Eros. Each carries a different figure—Athena, Herakles, Ares, and Dionysos—and small animals race along before the horses. The appearance of Herakles with these Olympians suggests his apotheosis.
date
200s BCE
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60740229
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 20.6 cm (8 1/8 in.); Overall: 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in.)
cul
South Italian, Campanian (Calenian)
accession
1926.515
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Black-Gloss Mesomphalic Phiale (Libation Bowl): Apotheosis of Herakles, 200s BCE. South Italian, Campanian (Calenian). Ceramic; diameter: 20.6 cm (8 1/8 in.); overall: 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1926.515
collection
GR - Greek
didYouKnow
This type of glossy ceramic vessel likely imitates costlier objects made of precious metal.
citations
citation
Beazley Archive. n.d. <em>Beazley Archive Pottery Database</em>. Oxford: Beazley Archive.
page_number
BAPD 1001479
citation
Boulter, C. G., Jenifer Neils, and Gisela Walberg. <em>Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum.</em> Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1971.
page_number
p. 30, Plate 48,2
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 05:49:08.499000
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108841
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Greek
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ceramic
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1
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0
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photo
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