No C 42
Karlsruhe, Badisches Landesmuseum
Black-figure amphora from Girgenti

A god is seated on a folding stool. He is represented with head and legs in profile to the right, the body diagonally. Seated he is almost as tall as the surrounding standing figures. The right forearm is extended almost horizontally forward, with clenched hand, the left forearm is extended obliquely upward, the hand holding a staff surmounted by a ram's head. The god has a pointed beard and wears his long hair loose, with a taenia. His dress consists of a chiton and a himation which covers the left arm.

There are three other deities on the picture. At the right side stands a goddess, the arms extended obliquely upward, the palms turned outward with extended fingers. At the left stand a goddess, the arms extended obliquely upward, the palms turned outward with extended fingers, and Hermes, identified by the petasos and the endromides.

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