CAVI Collection: VIENNA, KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM 3607.
CAVI Lemma: BF/WG NECK AMPHORA. FROM CERVETERI. UNATTRIBUTED{1}; CLASS OF CABINET DES
MéDAILLES 218. FIRST QUARTER FIFTH.
CAVI Subject: A: AJAX WITH THE BODY OF ACHILLES. B: A CITHARODE ON A BEMA, BETWEEN DORIC
COLUMNS AND COCKS.
CAVI Inscriptions: A: TO RIGHT OF THE BODY: ιλεοσ{2}. BETWEEN THE HELMETS: ο. ON AJAX' RIGHT:
NONSENSE: σιυσοσυτυ. B: NONSENSE: TO LEFT OF THE CITHARODE: τυχναθσιυσ. ON HIS
RIGHT: υσ[--]σι.
CAVI Footnotes: {1} BEAZLEY; NOT FAR OFF THE DIOSPHOS PAINTER IN STYLE AND DECORATION, MOCK
INSCRIPTIONS IN THE MANNER OF THE SAPPHO PAINTER, HASPELS. {2} [Αχ]ιλ[λ]εος, AS
MASNER RIGHTLY POINTS OUT. MISWRITTEN IN THE STYLE OF AN ILLITERATE. THE SAPPHO
PAINTER HAS SIMILAR NEAR-SENSE INSCRIPTIONS AMONG NONSENSE.
CAVI Comments: THE INSCRIPTIONS AFTER MASNER'S TEXT. THE SUBJECT OF B SEEMS RELATED TO THE
PANATHENAEA.