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cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/45.8.2

Accession_Number

45.8.2

Shape

Pelike

Shape_description

Wide flaring mouth with thick rim

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Apulian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 7/4

Decoration

Mouth and rim all black and black inside down to base of rim, then reserved. Two handles, one each side, all black. Both sides have a wave pattern above scene. Between tall tendrils: Side A a youth running with a rosette in the field. Side B is a woman running with garland in hand and a fillet hanging up. Black background carelessly applied, overlapping parts of pattern. Reserved band under scene. Foot black on outside, the rest of the underneath is reserved and flat.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact. Deposits inside. Small chip to the rim and one to the foot.

Technique/Style

Red figure

Provenance

Period

Late Classical

Date

360-340

Dating_details

Artist

Thyrsus Painter

Attribution

Trendall and Cambitoglou, RFVA 1.282.196, class this pelike with 'vases near in style or comparable' to the Thyrsus Painter.

Image

2003.27.0008.jpg	Pelike, back view. Shows woman running, holding garland. Cloth hangs on wall (right).
2003.27.0009.jpg	Pelike, front view. Youth running to right, looking to left; rosette in the field.
2003.97.0966.jpg	Front view of an Apulian red-figure pelike, showing a youth running to the right.
2003.97.0967.jpg	Back view of an Apulian red-figure pelike, showing a woman running to the right.
2003.97.0968.jpg	Top view of an Apulian red-figure pelike, showing the interior.
2003.97.0969.jpg	Bottom view of an Apulian red-figure pelike, showing the base.
2011.98.0080.jpg	Profile view of the right side of a foot lekythos, with handle to right.