Attributed To: N P by BEAZLEY NIKOSTHENES by SIGNATURE
Decoration: A,B: FIGHT, WARRIORS, ONE WITH BOEOTIAN SHIELD, DEVICES, RELIEF SNAKE, WHIRLIGIG (?) OF LOTUS BUDS, HORSEMEN Neck A and B: WINGED WOMAN OR GODDESS (NIKE ?) On handle: YOUTH Shoulder: FLORAL, LOTUS BUD AND PALMETTE DOUBLE CHAIN
Last Recorded Collection: Rome, Mus. Naz. Etrusco di Villa Giulia
CAVI Lemma: FRS. OF BF NIKOSTHENIC NECK AMPHORA. FROM CERVETERI. PAINTER N. NIKOSTHENES,
POTTER. 530-520.
CAVI Subject: NECK: A: NIKE. B: SIMILAR. SHOULDER: FLORAL IS PRESERVED. BODY: FIGHT. ON THE
TOPSIDE OF THE MOUTH: LEAVES.
CAVI Inscriptions: ON THE TOPSIDE OF THE MOUTH: [N]ικοσ[θενες εποιεσ]εν{1}.
CAVI Footnotes: {1} "MORE OF THE SIGNATURE MAY BE PRESERVED, BUT THIS IS ALL I SAW."
(BEAZLEY). I SAW MORE LETTERS, BUT DID NOT THINK I SAW ALL: [Nικ]ο[σ]θενε[ς ---
εποι]ε[σ]εν. THE INSCRIPTION IS IN GROUPS OF 1 OR TWO LETTERS BETWEEN THE
LEAVES.
CAVI Comments: EX CERVETRI. JOHNSTON (1979), 124/16 MAY BE THIS VASE (SEE P. 125, BUT THERE
IS A MISPRINT THERE AND THE DESCRIPTION IS NOT QUITE THE SAME); IF SO, ADD:
UNDER THE FOOT, DIP.: LIGATURE ΕΡ [[LIG.]].
CAVI Number: 7052
AVI Bibliography: ABV (1956), 222/51. — PARA. (1971), 104 (NO BIBL.).
CAVI / AVI Data from Henry Immerwahr's Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions (CAVI), updated by Rudoph Wachter's Attic Vase Inscriptions (AVI)
