CAVI Lemma: BF squat lekythos. From Cyprus. Unattributed. First half fifth.
CAVI Subject: A reclining figure between two seated women.
CAVI Inscriptions: Horizontally near the shoulder, Gr.: hερμαιος με ευρε κειμελιον αλ[λ]ο̅ν.
CAVI Comments: Once in the collection of N. Saripolos. Is the vase really lost or is it in
the National Museum? The mouth is missing. Eph. speaks of a reclining βουκεφαλος
ανηρ. The design is exceedingly sloppy, but the letter forms would date the
inscription about 500. Note the pun on the name Hermaios: the vase is a ἕρμαιον.
CAVI Number: 4820
AVI Bibliography: NNN (1862), EA: 35/3 (facs.), pl. 9,6 (dr.). — Kretschmer (1894), 5 (cited).
CAVI / AVI Data from Henry Immerwahr's Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions (CAVI), updated by Rudoph Wachter's Attic Vase Inscriptions (AVI)
