object type / vase shape: attic red figure pelike
<p>- description side A: satyrs at the pyre (on which lies the cuirass of Herakles) on mount Oita, two nymphs rush to the scene to exstinguish the fire, Athena driving Herakles in her quadriga up to mount Olympos, probably inspired by a satyr play; name inscriptions: ATHE_NA, E_RAKLE_S, ARETHOSA, PREMNOSIA, SKOPA, YBRIS - side B: satyrs and maenads - production place: Athens - painter: Kadmos Painter - period / date: classical, ca. 410 BC - material: pottery (clay) - height: 43 cm - findspot: Vulci - museum / inventory number: München, Staatliche Antikensammlungen 2360 - bibliography: John D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford 1963(2), 1186, 30
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