No C 44
Berlin, Charlottenburg F 1862     Black figure amphora (Brommer A!V, 12; Schneider no 25 ??)

A man, possibly Zeus, 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, the left forearm is extended obliquely upward, the hand holding a staff. The man has a pointed beard and close-cropped hair with a taenia. His dress consists of a chiton, which covers the right arm completely, and a himation, which covers the left arm completely.

There are two figures at each side of the picture. At the right stand a woman, the right arm extended obliquely downward, with palm turned downward and extended fingers, the left forearm extended almost horizontally forward, the hand covered by the himation, and a man, with petasos, long hair, a pointed beard, a staff and endromides, presumably Hermes. At the left stand, a woman the right arm extended obliquely downward, the hand holding the himation, the left forearm extended obliquely upward with palm turned outward, and a man dressed in a short chiton and a himation, with a spear and endromides.

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