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English: Hermes leads a goat to the sacrifice. Side A of a Campanian red-figure bell-krater.
Français : Hermès conduisant une chèvre au sacrifice. Face A d'un cratère en cloche campanien à figures rouges.
Română: Zeul Hermes duce o capră pentru a fi sacrificată. Fața A a unui crater campanian în formă de clopot cu figuri roșii.
Date between circa 360 and circa 350 BC
Medium red-figure pottery
Dimensions height: 33 cm (12.9 in); diameter: 30.5 cm (12 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,33U174728
dimensions QS:P2386,30.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Céramiques et terres cuites, room 44: Galerie Campana V. Sully, 1st floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities).
Accession number
K 238
Object history

discovered (Paestum in the province of Campania, Italy)

collection of Antoine-Edme Durand (?)
Credit line 1825: purchased
References Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 7914
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14:46, 6 January 2006Thumbnail for version as of 14:46, 6 January 20062,095 × 1,990 (2.86 MB)Jastrow (talk | contribs)'''Description:''' Hermes leading a goat to the sacrifice, side A of a red-figure bell crater by Python, ca. 360 BC–350 BC. Terracotta, Paestum, Campania, Italy.<br /> '''Location:''' Louvre, Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sull

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