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| Keywords: Hermonax - Nolan Amphora - Walters 4855 - Side A.jpg The front of this amphora depicts a youth running right He wears a chlamys and fillet and has a petasos at his neck and a scabbard at his side His hands are extended to either side and his legs are spread wide indicating that he is in full stride as he pursues the woman on the back On the reverse the woman is fleeing right and is looking around She wears a chiton serpentine bracelets and a mantle which is draped over her shoulders and down her back Her torso and right leg are shown frontally her head and left leg in profile She extends her right hand back toward her pursuer while grasping the mantle at her shoulder with the left Ribbons hold her hair in place ca 470 BC Classical terracotta cm 33 2 18 3 h x max diam ; at rim cm 14 7 diam ; at foot cm 8 5 diam accession number 48 55 34196 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome no 212 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters possibly with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Hermonax Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
