Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Minerva / Single figure / With attributes / Spear and shield
Sirens / Single figure / As birds with women's heads

Further details

Black-figure Panathenaic prize amphora. A Siren on the neck and Minerva on the body of the vase. Attibuted to the Burgon Group.

Artist or creator

Ancient Greek

Date

565 BC - 560 BC (circa)

Location

London, British Museum (Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities) (inv. 1842,0728.834)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: London, British Museum, 1, IIIHe.3, Pl.(25) 1.1A-B.

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Web resources

British Museum
Beazley Archive

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

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