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    "localId": "108841",
    "label": "Black-Gloss Mesomphalic Phiale (Libation Bowl): Apotheosis of Herakles",
    "core": "obj",
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    "id": "108841",
    "contentType": "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",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1926.515",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60740229"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1926.515/1926.515_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1926.515/1926.515_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "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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    "tec": "ceramic",
    "tombstone": "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",
            "url": "http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/7B8505CB-3381-4B0A-877B-283CD2373906"
        },
        {
            "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",
            "url": "http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/browseCVARecord.asp?id={7B8505CB-3381-4B0A-877B-283CD2373906}&startRef="
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1926.515",
    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:49:08.499000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1926.515/1926.515_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 108841,
    "dept": "Greek and Roman Art",
    "coll": "GR - Greek",
    "med": "ceramic",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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