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Fragment of an Attic Black-figure Amphora

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Head of lion, right, chest and shoulders of Herakles. Added red circle around nipple. Added red in lion in mane. Teeth in added white.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Bought in Orvieto in 1906. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Department of the Classics Harvard University; deposited by Professor J. M. Paton
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Title: Fragment of an Attic Black-figure Amphora
Description:
Head of lion, right, chest and shoulders of Herakles.
Added red circle around nipple.
Added red in lion in mane.
Teeth in added white.

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