object type / vase shape: attic red figure hydria
<p>- description: Foundation of Kadmeia (later Thebes): Hermes with kerykeion, Harmonia seated, youth seated, Poseidon with trident, tripod on column, Demeter, deer, Kadmos fighting with his sword the dragon, Nike, Athena, crowned allegory of the town Thebes seated, Eros with wreath, Apollon seated, Persephone (Kore) with torch, tripod on column, griffin ...; name inscriptions: HERMAS, POSEIDAN, HERMONIA, KADMOS, NIKE, ATHENA, THEBA, DAMATA(R), KORA, APELLON, ARTAMIS (sic)
- production place: Athens
- painter: Kadmos Painter
- period / date: classical, ca. 420-400 BC
- material: pottery (clay)
- findspot: Vulci
- museum / inventory number: Berlin, Altes Museum (Antikensammlung) F 2634
- bibliography: John D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford 1963(2), 1187, 33
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