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Terracotta amphora (jar)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist

Creator:Taleides Painter

Creator:Taleides
Title
Terracotta amphora (jar)
Description
Greek, Attic; Amphora, Type B; Vases; Obverse, Theseus slaying the Minotaur; Reverse, men weighing merchandise
Date circa 540–530 B.C.
Medium Terracotta
Dimensions H. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Greek and Roman Art
Accession number
47.11.5
Place of discovery Agrigento
Credit line Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1947
Inscriptions Signed by Taleides as potter; Inscribed: "Taleides epoiesen" "Klitarchos kalos"
Notes Discovered at Agrigento in Sicily before 1801, this may be the first Greek vase with a potter's signature to have been published in modern Europe. Besides the signature, there is an inscription praising a youth, Klitarchos, as handsome. After Herakles, Theseus is the major hero in Athenian iconography. He was credited with uniting the principalities of Attica and with numerous exploits. Here he kills the Minotaur (part-man, part-bull) in the palace of King Minos on Crete. The reverse shows a large scale with containers on each pan and a man bringing them into balance.
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254578

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Terracotta amphora (jar), signed by Taleides, attributed to the Taleides Painter, Greek, Attic (MET, 47.11.5)

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