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Accession_Number 22.3.1
Shape Kylix
Shape_description
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration A: Between sphinxes, both facing right, Athena attacking a giant. Branches and grape clusters in the field. B: Similar, but mainly missing. Under each handle is the tail of a sphinx. Interior, reserved band at lip. Medallion very worn, but seems to depict a figure. Added white.
Inscriptions
Condition Parts of both sides missing.
Technique/Style Black figure
Provenance Purchased in Ruvo
Period Late Archaic / Early Classical
Date 500-475
Dating_details
Artist Caylus Painter; Leafless Group
Attribution Beazley: ABV 645.192
Image

2003.09.0008.jpg
Oblique view, from slightly below, of an Attic black figure kylix, depicting Athena attacking a giant.

2003.10.0003.jpg
Side view of two Attic black-figure kylikes (22.3.1 at left and 26.7.2 at right).

2003.10.0093.jpg
Side view of an Attic kylix - showing a chip in the right hand side.

2007.01.0091.jpg
Detailed side view of an Attic kylix - showing a chip in the right hand side.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 9.6, 10.5; ABV 645.192; LIMC s.v. Gigantes 265
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB 331960
Height 7.5
Diameters 19.5
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location Myth and religion
Edited_by Karen; Kinsey
Date_edited 05.04.2004; 10.01.2006
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