Etruscan antefix: Female head with lion's skin (Omphale?)
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Etruscan black-figure amphora

Classification
belly amphora; decorated vessels; black-figure pottery
Culture
Etruscan
Dimensions
height: 37 cm; width: 26 cm
Date
ca. 470 B.C.
Period
Etruscan Sub-Classical Period (475–400)
Material
clay
Artist
Painter of the Dancing Satyrs
Iconography
Heracles; Minotaurus; palmette/palmette frieze; lotus; lion's skin; club; duel; warrior, soldier; corpse
Production place
Etruria
Present location
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Antiquités grecques, étrusques et romaines
Inventory
S 4121, S 4129, S 4156
ID
Per-6782
References
Gaultier, CVA Louvre 26, 74–76, pl. 40–41

The belly amphora depicts Heracles with the Minotaurus on one side, and two warriors' duel on the other side.

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