Category:Louvre E 812

**Amphora Louvre E 812**
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Instance of	neck amphora;
Made from material	clay;
Location	Room 653, Sully Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris, France
Author	; Groupe de l'Amphore de Polyphème;
Creator	unknown value;
Location of discovery	Caere;
Owned by	French State;
Location of creation	Rhegion (presumably);
Collection	Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities of the Louvre;
Inventory number	E 812 (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities of the Louvre);
Inception	c. 6th century BC (after 560 BC, before 540 BC);
Width	27 cm;
Diameter	25.3 cm;
Height	39.9 cm;
Authority file
	Q50294268; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010268380
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Amphora Louvre E 812

Artist

Unknown author

Author

Groupe de l'Amphore de Polyphème

Title

Amphora Louvre E 812

Object type

neck amphora

Description

Side A: Heracles and the Nemean Lion. Side B: Riders.

Date

between circa 560 and circa 540 BC

Medium

black-figure pottery

Dimensions

height: 39.9 cm (15.7 in); width: 27 cm (10.6 in); diameter: 25.3 cm (9.9 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Céramiques et terres cuites, room 42: Galerie Campana III. Sully, 1^st floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities).

Accession number

E 812

Place of creation

Rhegion

Place of discovery

Caere

Object history

Place of discovery: Rhegion.
1858: purchased

Notes

Pseudo-Chalkidian vase painting

References

Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 7149

Authority file

: Q50294268
Louvre: 010268380

Media in category "Louvre E 812"

The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total.

Herakles lion Louvre E812.jpg 2,460 × 1,796; 2.44 MB
Riders amphora Louvre E812.jpg 1,850 × 1,620; 1.77 MB

Category:Louvre E 812

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