K12.28 DIONYSUS & MAENADS
Museum Collection | Cabinet des Médailles, Paris |
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Catalogue No. | Paris Medailles 222 |
Beazley Archive No. | 310452 |
Ware | Attic Black Figure |
Shape | Neck Amphora |
Painter | The Amasis Painter |
Date | ca 540 - 530 B.C. |
Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Side A: Dionysus holding a wine cup and crowned with a wreath of ivy is presented with a hare by a pair of Maenads holding vines and draped in a panther skin.
Side B: Athena and Poseidon (see other image).