Decoration: B: ATHLETE, MAN RUNNING, FOOT RACE, INSCRIPTION
Last Recorded Collection: Athens, National Museum: 2468
Previous Collections:
Athens, National Museum: CC761
Publication Record: Beazley, J.D., Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford, 1956): 69.1 Bentz, M., Panathenäische Preisamphoren, Eine athenische Vasengattung und ihre Funktion vom 6.-4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. 18. Beih. zur Antiken Kunst (Basel, 1998): PL.11.6044 Carpenter, T.H., with Mannack, T. and Mendonca, M., Beazley Addenda, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1989): 18 Kaltsas N. (ed.), Agon, Exhibition catalogue (Athens, 2004): 210, NO.101 (COLOUR) Martins, J.P., A Arte e os Jogos Gregos na Antiguidade, As Representacoes das Actividades Fisico-Atleticas na Ceramica Classica Grega nos Periodos das Figureas Negras e Vermelhas (Coimbra, 2009): 86, FIG.12 (B) Oakley, J.H., A Guide to Scenes of Daily Life on Athenian Vases (Madison, 2020): 133, FIG.7.2 Tzachou-Alexandri, O., Mind and Body, Athletic Contests in Ancient Greece (Athens, 1988): 247, NO.139 Vanhove, D. (ed.), El deporte en la Grecia antigua, la genesis del olimpismo, May 10 - August 9, 1992 (Barcelona, 1992): 312, NO.178 Vanhove, D. (ed.), Le Sport dans la Grece Antique, Du Jeu a la Competition, 23 Janvier- 19 Avril 1992 (Gent, 1992): 312, NO.178 (COLOUR) Wünsche, R. and Knauss, F.S. (eds.), Lockender Lorbeer, Sport und Spiel in der Antike, Staatliche Antikensammlungen München (Munich, 2004): 88, FIG.11.13
CAVI Lemma: Fr. of Panathenaic prize amphora. Compared to the Painter of Boston C.A.. Ca.
550.
CAVI Subject: B: uper left corner of picture: nude bearded runner (foot race, diaulos).
CAVI Inscriptions: Along right margin, facing it: διαυλοδρομο ει̣μι, retr.
CAVI Comments: "I am a prize for the runner in the diaulos," the vase speaking. Parallels in
LSJ. Large rough and irregular letters, not in a straight line.
