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Drinking cup (kylix) fragment
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 500 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Length: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.877
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 077.
DescriptionExterior: lower part of body of athlete with jumping-weight in left hand; leg of another figure.
Interior: Head of youth, and outstretched left arm. Inscribed: "Athenodotos is handsome" (ATH[ENODOTOS] K[ALOS]. 'Athenodotos' on the right of his head and 'Kalos' on the left in retrograde.
Interior: Head of youth, and outstretched left arm. Inscribed: "Athenodotos is handsome" (ATH[ENODOTOS] K[ALOS]. 'Athenodotos' on the right of his head and 'Kalos' on the left in retrograde.
InscriptionsInscribed: "Athenodotos is handsome" (ATH[ENODOTOS] K[ALOS])
LàR
Κ[ΑLΟS] (Retrograde)
ΑΘ[ΕΝΟΔΟΤΟS]
LàR
Κ[ΑLΟS] (Retrograde)
ΑΘ[ΕΝΟΔΟΤΟS]
ProvenanceAccording to entry 77 in Caskey-Beazley, part 2: formerly in Hartwig's possession; by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)