Phrynos Painter - ABV 169 3 - introduction of Herakles into Olympos - birth of Athena - London BM 1867-0508-962 - 02
- description exterior A: Apotheosis of Herakles: Athena leading Herakles towards Zeus seated with sceptre; inscription: ΧΑΙΡΕ ΚΑΙ ΠΙΕΙ ΜΕ ΝΑΙΧΙ - B: Zeus with thunderbolt sitting on throne, Athena rising from his head, Hephaistos leaving - production place: Athens - potter: Phrynos (signed on B: ΦΡΥΝΟΣ ΕΠΟΙΕΣΕΝ ΧΑΙΡΕ ΜΕΝ) - painter: Phrynos Painter - period / date: ripe archaic, ca. 555-550 BC - material: pottery (clay) - preserved height: 9.4 cm - restored hight: 20.3 cm - diameter (without handles): 28.6 / 27.9 cm - findspot: Vulci - museum / inventory number: London, British Museum 1867,0508.962 / cat. vases B 424 - bibliography: John D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford 1956, 168, 169.3 - https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1867-0508-962 - CVA London 2, plate 13.2 - Beazley Archive Pottery Database 301068
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