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Pitcher (oinochoe) with two maenads and a satyr
Greek
Classical Period
about 430–425 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.); diameter: 17.25 cm (6 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number00.352
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 112.
DescriptionA satyr and two women with accompanying Greek inscriptions. The satyr, Sikinnos (SIKINNOS) holding a thyrsos and a jug; a woman, Kraipale, (KRAIPALE) seated, with a kantharos, leaning on a thyrsos ; a woman, Thymedia (THYMEDIA) holding an incense burner.
Slightly restored.
Slightly restored.
InscriptionsΣΙΚΙΝΝΟΣ
ΚΡΑΙΠΑΛΗ
ΘVΜΗ[ΔΙΑ]
ΚΡΑΙΠΑΛΗ
ΘVΜΗ[ΔΙΑ]
Provenance1881: published in the Bullettino, p. 242 as said to have been found about forty-eight metres from the tombs north of Cucumella at Vulci; by 1900: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Rome); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, February 1900