13242, ATHENIAN, London, British Museum, London, British Museum, Unknown, private, Durand Collection, 1836,0224.14

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Vase Number: 13242
Fabric: ATHENIAN
Technique: BLACK-FIGURE
Shape Name: CUP A
Provenance: ITALY, ETRURIA, VULCI
Date: -550 to -500
Decoration: A: GIGANTOMACHY, ATHENA AND GIANT BETWEEN EYES
B: HERAKLES AND THE LION, TREE, BETWEEN EYES
I: GORGONEION
Under handle: VINE
Last Recorded Collection: London, British Museum: B434
Previous Collections:
- Unknown, private, Durand Collection: 27
- London, British Museum: 1836,0224.14 (View on British Museum site)
Publication Record: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: LONDON, BRITISH MUSEUM 2, IIIHe.7, PL.(77) 19.1A-C View Whole CVA Plates
AVI Web: https://www.avi.unibas.ch/DB/searchform.html?ID=4497
AVI Record Number: 4325
British Museum Link: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1836-0224-14
CAVI Collection: London B 434.
CAVI Lemma: BF eye cup. From Vulci. Unattributed. 530-520.
CAVI Subject: A: between eyes: Athena and a giant.
CAVI Inscriptions: A: between the eyes, at the top of the scene, below the lip, in BG, nonsense: νκστετασ^οσκανοτε{1}.
CAVI Footnotes: {1} the space is filled completely, between vines. Athena's head intervenes.
CAVI Comments: Large and clear lettering. Is the first half of the inscription an attempt to write a proper name?
CAVI Number: 4325
CAVI / AVI Data from Henry Immerwahr's Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions (CAVI), updated by Rudoph Wachter's Attic Vase Inscriptions (AVI)
Pleiades URI: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413393
Coordinates: 42.421429,11.702499
Pleiades Coordinates: 42.419009,11.6298975

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