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9036564, ATHENIAN, London, British Museum, London, British Museum, 1920,1221.2

  • Vase Number: 9036564
  • Fabric: ATHENIAN
  • Technique: BLACK-FIGURE
  • Shape Name: LEKYTHOS
  • Date: -525 TO -475
  • Attributed To: DAYBREAK P by HASPELS
  • Decoration: Body: ATHENA BETWEEN WARRIORS (HEROES QUARRELLING)
  • Last Recorded Collection: London, British Museum: 1920.12-21.1
  • Previous Collections:
  • Publication Record: Haspels, C.H.E., Attic Black-figured Lekythoi (Paris, 1936): 53
  • CAVI Collection: LONDON 1920.12-21.1.
  • CAVI Lemma: BF LEKYTHOS. NEAR DAYBREAK PAINTER (HASPELS). LAST QUARTER SIXTH. 510-500. LEAGROS PERIOD (HASPELS).
  • CAVI Subject: TWO WARRIORS SEPARATED BY ATHENA.
  • CAVI Inscriptions: TO RIGHT OF THE LEFT WARRIOR: οεναιχ(σ){1}. TO RIGHT OF THE LEFT WARRIOR'S FACE: εμ, RETR.{2}. TO LEFT OF THE RIGHT WARRIOR: α[.]χι{3}. AT RIGHT, BETWEEN THE FIGURES: Hο παι{ι}ς | καλος | δοκει{4}. BETWEEN THE FIGURES: [ν]α[ι]χιεμοι ναιχι{1}.
  • CAVI Footnotes: {1} SO HASPELS 53. I HAD READ PARTS OF THE INSCRIPTION AS FOLLOWS: TO RIGHT OF LEFT WARRIOR, CURVING DOWN: οεναιχ(σ). (THE LAST LETTER NO DOUBT A CROOKED IOTA: ναιχι; BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE FIRST TWO LETTERS STAND FOR. I SAW THE VASE ONLY IN THE CASE.) TO RIGHT OF LEFT WARRIOR'S FACE, HORIZONTAL: εμ, RETR. (THERE IS NO DOUBT MORE.) TO LEFT OF RIGHT WARRIOR, DOWNWARD: α[.]χι. (NO DOUBT PART OF ναιχι.) FURTHER: Hο παι{ι}ς | καλος | δοκει (THE IOTA REPEATED BECAUSE A LEG INTERVENES). THERE MAY BE MORE INSCRIPTIONS ON THE RIGHT. EXCEPT FOR THE DOUBLING OF IOTA, MY READINGS, ALTHOUGH REPORTED EARLIER IN CAVI, ARE WORTHLESS.
  • CAVI Comments: I AM NOT CERTAIN WHETHER THE NUMBER IS 1920.12-21.1 OR 1920.12-21.2, AS MY NOTE FROM HASPELS IS DEFECTIVE. HASPELS GIVES THE NUMBER AS 1920.12-21.2. BROKEN AND INCOMPLETE. NOT LISTED BY BEAZLEY. LARGE COARSE LETTERS. THERE MAY BE MORE INSCRIPTIONS ON THE RIGHT.
  • CAVI Number: 4734
  • AVI Bibliography: HASPELS (1936), 53.
  • CAVI / AVI Data from Henry Immerwahr's Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions (CAVI), updated by Rudoph Wachter's Attic Vase Inscriptions (AVI)

Last updated 26/07/2024 19:51:00 by Parker, Greg. Approved by Mannack, Thomas. Copyright © 2003-2026 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

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