CAVI Lemma: Fr. of RF lip cup{1}. From Naukratis. Near Painter of Vatican Horseman{2}.
Third quarter sixth{3}.
CAVI Subject: Int.: RF: a youth reclining with a phiale remains, probably from a symposium
running all around. A: reserved. There may also have been BF decoration
(Beazley, ARV[2]).
CAVI Inscriptions: A: Gr. in large letters: [---]αιτη̣[---]{4}.
CAVI Footnotes: {1} of BF type: a unique piece (Beazley). {2} by him are two RF eye cups of
abnormal shape, ARV[2] 159/1-2, cf. 37/ii; near him, Adolphseck 29, ARV[2]
159/1, with the outside reserved; and the present cup. {3} i.e. ca. 530? Listed
in ARV[2] as very early RF, in JHS as very earliest RF. {4} Beazley (1932):
probably a dedication, e.g.: [ο δεινα με ανεθηκε κ]αι τη̣[ν προχουν], Beazley
(1932).
CAVI Comments: The diameter must have been over 15 1/2" (Beazley). The Gr. is not Attic.
CAVI Number: 4495
AVI Bibliography: Cf. Gardner (1886), pl. 32,1. — C.H. Smith in BM Cat. E (1896), 134. —
Beazley (1932), 203, fig. 19. — ARV[2] (1963), 159/2 below. — Add.[2] (1989),
181.
CAVI / AVI Data from Henry Immerwahr's Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions (CAVI), updated by Rudoph Wachter's Attic Vase Inscriptions (AVI)
