Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology
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- Alternative Title
- Vase B639
- Lekythos
- Creator Display
- unknown Ancient Greek (vase painter)
- Creator
- Photographer
- Date
- -0490/-0480
- Description
- Pottery: black-figured lekythos: the Weighing of Souls. Design black on drab ground, with purple accessories. On the shoulder, lotus-buds; on the body, above, an ivy-wreath. Contest of Achilles and Memnon (or Hector): On either side is a warrior, bearded and fully armed, thrusting with spear, each having a short chiton with purple spots; the one on the left has a Boeotian shield, the other has the device of a crab (?). In the centre Hermes Pyschopompos to right, bearded, with petasos, short chiton and chlamys, both with purple spots, and endromides, holds out a pair of scales in left hand, each scale containing a small winged male figure, representing the souls of the two heroes. In the field, imitation inscriptions. --The British Museum
- Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
- View
- Front; Detail
- View Date
- 1985-09
- Temporal
- ca. 490-480 BCE
- Coverage
- Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece (creation)
- Capua, Campania, Italy (discovery)
- Subject
- Keyword
- Psychostasia
- Iliad Book 16
- Iliad Book 2-16
- Work Type
- Cultural Context
- Style / Period
- Material
- pottery | painted; incised
- Measurements
- Height: 14.605 cm
- Rights Holder
- University of Oregon, Department of Classics
- Identifier
- Lowenstam_VRC_00941
- Item Locator
- Box 2, Section 28
- Repository
- Current Repository ID
- 1873,0820.300
- Local Collection Name
- Institution
- Submission Date
- 08/03/2015
- Modified
- 06/23/2023
- Collections
APA
Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. (18 Apr 2024). Weighing of Souls Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df694847d
MLA
Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. "Weighing of Souls" Oregon Digital. 18 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df694847d
Chicago
Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. "Weighing of Souls" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-18. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df694847d
Wiki
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Footer Number | Term | External URI |
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1 | unknown | http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/unknown |
2 | Lowenstam, Steven | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82014350 |
3 | Hypnos (Greek deity) | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2017026634 |
4 | Thanatos (Greek deity) | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2020015785 |
5 | lekythoi | http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300264937 |
6 | Attic (culture) | http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300386850 |
7 | Attic (Mainland Greek pottery styles) | http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300020118 |
8 | Black-figure | http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300020195 |
9 | British Museum | http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500125180 |
10 | Steven Lowenstam Collection | http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/StevenLowenstamCollection |
11 | University of Oregon | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183 |
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