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Date: 1st–4th century A.D.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Roman
Department: Implements
Institution: Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Hercules fighting the Hydra of Lerna; in lower right field King Eurystheus hiding in a bronze jar, lifting his arms as if imploring Hercules for help. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with three grooves on upper part and one on lower. Shoulder with grapes and tendrils, framed by two ridges. Inner ridge marked off by two grooves. Filling-hole and air hole in lower field. Heart-shaped nozzle, Bus. 10b. Base-ring marked off by two circular grooves; two additional concentric inner circles.

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