Side B: palaestra scene

Side B: scene at center

Side A: scene at center

Side A: Herakles fighting centaur

Collection: Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum
Summary: Side A: Herakles wielding club against centaurSide B: Palaestra scene
Ware: Attic Black Figure
Painter: Attributed to the Medea Group
Context: Athens
Date: ca. 530 BC - ca. 520 BC
Dimensions:

H. 34 cm., d. foot 13 cm.
Shape: Amphora, type B
Beazley Number: 28120
Region: Attica
Period: High Archaic

Decoration Description:

Side A: Between onlookers, Herakles wields a club against a rock-throwing centaur (Nessos?). Side B: A palaestra is pictured with, from left to right, a javelin thrower to left, a discobolus to right, and behind him, a crouching figure examining a javelin to right, and a jumper with weights in each hand, also to right.

Graffiti:

Under the foot there is a graffito in the shape of three convergent triangles.

Other Bibliography:

"U.S. Museum Acquisitions," Minerva, vol. 1, no. 6 (1990), pp. 43-47; "Acquisitions Supplement," Getty Museum Journal 17 (1988): 112, no. 19.