T16.4 HECATE OR DEMETER
Museum Collection | University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford |
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Catalogue No. | Mississippi 1977.3.86 |
Beazley Archive No. | 201905 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Amphora, Neck |
Painter | Attributed to the Berlin Painter |
Date | ca 470 B.C. |
Period | Late Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Side A: Triptolemus (see other image).
Side B: A crowned goddess holding a pair of torches--either Hecate, Demeter or Persephone--oversees the departure of the hero Triptolemus.