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E 318.
E 319.
E 320.
( 225 )
E 318-343. "NOLAN" AMPHORA.
WITH PLAIN HANDLES.
(Shape generally as Fig. 6.)
NOLAN AMPHORA, with bosses below handles. Ht. I2f in. Nola. Blacas Coll.
M011. dell' Inst, i, pi. 9, 3 ; Ann. delP Inst. 1830, p. 203 ; Panofka, Eigenn. mil koKos, i, 6,
p. 48 ; Wernicke, Licblingsn. p. 56, no. 2 ; Klein, Eufihronios? p. 203, note 1 ; Licblingsinschr.
P- 85 ; Gerhard, A. V. ii, p. 147, note 17, d; Overbeck, Kunstmyth. (Apollo), p. 403, no. 15 ;
Kretschmer, Vaseninschr. p. 107 ; C. I. Gr. 8397. Strong style. Purple headdress and inscrip-
tions. Brown inner markings and whiskers of Heracles. Eye in transition. The hair of the
old man in b is indicated only in outline. Below the designs, a continuous band of mreandcr.
(a) Contest of Heracles and Apollo for the tripod. Heracles, beardless
and nude, his short hair encircled with a fillet, moves away to L, bearing the
tripod in a horizontal position on his 1. shoulder, with 1. arm passed through its
legs. He turns half round, brandishing his club to strike Apollo, who, bow in
1. hand, strides forward to grasp Heracles with his r. hand. He is also beard-
less, with long hair looped up behind and confined with a fillet, and wears a
short chiton with apoptygma girt at waist ; a mantle hangs shawl fashion over
his arms. Between the figures is inscribed AAMMA+H? KAAfX EH+APQ^,
(£) An old bald-headed man draped in a mantle, standing to 1., looking
round, his r. hand resting on a staff.
NOLAN AMPHORA, with bosses below handles. Old No. 863. Ht. 13^ in. Nola.
Durand Coll. no. 132. Drawing of good period, but very careless in the proportions of the
figures. Purple wreaths and inscriptions. Brown inner markings, very faint. Eye of transition
stage. Below, a continuous band, sets of three maeanders separated by red cross squares and
dotted cross squares. On the lower insertion of each handle, an inverted palmette ; below
this, a raised semi-cylindrical moulding 2 in. long. The lip is of unusual form, with a double
moulding.
(a) Seilenos pursuing Maenad. The Maenad, in chiton, over which a
panther's skin is knotted, a saccos and earrings, runs to r., carrying her thyrsos in
her 1.; she looks baclc, extending her r. towards the wreathed Seilenos, who
rushes forward with both arms uplifted to catch her. In the field, 3VA)H, KaXij,
and KAi/OJ:, ko\6<;, repeated. The phallos of the Seilenos is recurved.
(£) Seilenos in same attitude as in a, wreathed, rushing to r. In the field
KAvog repeated. On the bottom of the foot incised characters, ( N.
NOLAN AMPHORA. Old No. 868. Ht. 13J in. Payne Knight Coll. Style rough,
but of strong period. Inner markings in light brown. Eye in profile. Below a, a strip of
alternate sets of three maeanders, with dotted cross squares ; below b, a strip of key pattern.
{a) Eos pursuing Kephalos. Eos (Ionic chiton, himation leaving shoulders
free, large wings, hair looped up) runs to r. with outstretched arms about to
grasp Kephalos, who flees, looking back. Kephalos, a youth with bushy hair,
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E 319.
E 320.
( 225 )
E 318-343. "NOLAN" AMPHORA.
WITH PLAIN HANDLES.
(Shape generally as Fig. 6.)
NOLAN AMPHORA, with bosses below handles. Ht. I2f in. Nola. Blacas Coll.
M011. dell' Inst, i, pi. 9, 3 ; Ann. delP Inst. 1830, p. 203 ; Panofka, Eigenn. mil koKos, i, 6,
p. 48 ; Wernicke, Licblingsn. p. 56, no. 2 ; Klein, Eufihronios? p. 203, note 1 ; Licblingsinschr.
P- 85 ; Gerhard, A. V. ii, p. 147, note 17, d; Overbeck, Kunstmyth. (Apollo), p. 403, no. 15 ;
Kretschmer, Vaseninschr. p. 107 ; C. I. Gr. 8397. Strong style. Purple headdress and inscrip-
tions. Brown inner markings and whiskers of Heracles. Eye in transition. The hair of the
old man in b is indicated only in outline. Below the designs, a continuous band of mreandcr.
(a) Contest of Heracles and Apollo for the tripod. Heracles, beardless
and nude, his short hair encircled with a fillet, moves away to L, bearing the
tripod in a horizontal position on his 1. shoulder, with 1. arm passed through its
legs. He turns half round, brandishing his club to strike Apollo, who, bow in
1. hand, strides forward to grasp Heracles with his r. hand. He is also beard-
less, with long hair looped up behind and confined with a fillet, and wears a
short chiton with apoptygma girt at waist ; a mantle hangs shawl fashion over
his arms. Between the figures is inscribed AAMMA+H? KAAfX EH+APQ^,
(£) An old bald-headed man draped in a mantle, standing to 1., looking
round, his r. hand resting on a staff.
NOLAN AMPHORA, with bosses below handles. Old No. 863. Ht. 13^ in. Nola.
Durand Coll. no. 132. Drawing of good period, but very careless in the proportions of the
figures. Purple wreaths and inscriptions. Brown inner markings, very faint. Eye of transition
stage. Below, a continuous band, sets of three maeanders separated by red cross squares and
dotted cross squares. On the lower insertion of each handle, an inverted palmette ; below
this, a raised semi-cylindrical moulding 2 in. long. The lip is of unusual form, with a double
moulding.
(a) Seilenos pursuing Maenad. The Maenad, in chiton, over which a
panther's skin is knotted, a saccos and earrings, runs to r., carrying her thyrsos in
her 1.; she looks baclc, extending her r. towards the wreathed Seilenos, who
rushes forward with both arms uplifted to catch her. In the field, 3VA)H, KaXij,
and KAi/OJ:, ko\6<;, repeated. The phallos of the Seilenos is recurved.
(£) Seilenos in same attitude as in a, wreathed, rushing to r. In the field
KAvog repeated. On the bottom of the foot incised characters, ( N.
NOLAN AMPHORA. Old No. 868. Ht. 13J in. Payne Knight Coll. Style rough,
but of strong period. Inner markings in light brown. Eye in profile. Below a, a strip of
alternate sets of three maeanders, with dotted cross squares ; below b, a strip of key pattern.
{a) Eos pursuing Kephalos. Eos (Ionic chiton, himation leaving shoulders
free, large wings, hair looped up) runs to r. with outstretched arms about to
grasp Kephalos, who flees, looking back. Kephalos, a youth with bushy hair,
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