Decoration: A: ATHLETES, WRESTLING BETWEEN DRAPED MAN WITH THONGS AND MAN WITH FILLET OR BAG B: ATHLETES, PANKRATION, WRESTLING BETWEEN DRAPED MAN WITH THONG AND OLD MAN WITH STAFF (TRAINER) Under handle: BIRD
Last Recorded Collection: New York (N.Y.), Metropolitan Museum: 06.1021.49
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CAVI Subject: A: two bearded wrestlers between a man with a pouch and a trainer. B: two
pankratiasts between a man with a pouch and a trainer.
CAVI Inscriptions: Nonsense: A: above the heads: (ο)στνοσ[.?]σν. To right of the trainer:
οσ(ν)ι. B: to right of the man at left: (ο)σ̣τ vac. To left of the trainer's
head: (ο)στν.
CAVI Comments: The pouch a money purse or an astragalos bag? The omicrons are irregular.
