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English: Exekias, potter (signed); E Group
Français : Exékias, potier (signé) ; Groupe E
Description
English: Exekias' signature (ΕΧΣΕΚΙΑΣ ΕΠΟΙΕΣΕ) as potter, rotated 90° anticlockwise, detail from a scene representing Herakles and Geryon. Side A from an Attic black-figure amphora, ca. 550–540 BC.
Français : Signature d'Exékias (ΕΧΣΕΚΙΑΣ ΕΠΟΙΕΣΕ) comme potier, tournée 90° à l'inverse des aiguilles d'une montre, détail d'une scène représentant Héraclès et Géryon. Face A d'une amphore attique à figures noires du potier Exékias (signature) et du Groupe E, vers 550-540 av. J.-C.
Dimensions H. 44.5 cm (17 ½ in.), Diam. 30.5 cm (12 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, first floor, room 42, case 16
Accession number
F 53
Credit line Purchase, 1883
Source/Photographer Jastrow (2006)

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