429, An athlete stands frontal, naked, apparently pouring from an alabastron into his lowered hand - details have been polished away. Beside him a hydria stands on a table. Short ground line. Inscribed (details mainly polished away) GNAIOU.
Description: An athlete stands frontal, naked, apparently pouring from an alabastron into his lowered hand - details have been polished away. Beside him a hydria stands on a table. Short ground line. Inscribed (details mainly polished away) GNAIOU.
Inscription Greek: ΓΝΑΙΟΥ
Last Recorded Collection: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore: 42.109
Previous Collections:
Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 621
Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 429
Comments: Set in a gold ring, heavily polished in the 18th century, reducing the contours of the figure and detail of the inscription.
