Decoration: TRIPTOLEMOS, DEMETER (NAMED), WOMAN WITH PHIALE
Last Recorded Collection: Athens, Agora Museum: P14729
Publication Record: Beazley, J.D., Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1963): 589.2 The Athenian Agora, Results of Excavations conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens: 30, 172, FIG.15, PLS.32-33.238 (INCLUDING DRAWING)
CAVI Lemma: FRS. OF RF VOLUTE KRATER. FROM ATHENS, AGORA B 15. ALTAMURA PAINTER. SECOND
QUARTER FIFTH. CA. 460 (MOORE).
CAVI Subject: TRIPTOLEMOS: FR. A: AT LEFT, FLAMES OF TORCH SHOULDERED BY DEMETER (WHO IS ON
FR. B); AT RIGHT, TOP OF ZEUS' HEAD (OR TRIPTOLEMOS'?)TO LEFT. FR. B (WHICH
CONTINUES THE SCENE ON A ON THE LEFT): AT RIGHT, HEAD AND SHOULDERS OF DEMETER
TO LEFT; AT LEFT, PARTS OF SCEPTER, BRANCH AND PHIALE HELD BY A LOST
TRIPTOLEMOS. FR. C HAS SOME ORNAMENT AND PART OF ATHENA. FR. D (NOT ILL.): FOOT,
PART OF CHITON AND UNCERTAIN REMAINS.
CAVI Inscriptions: FR. A: ABOVE ZEUS' HEAD, HORIZONTAL : Ζ[ευς]. TO ZEUS' LEFT AND TO LEFT OF
THE TOP OF THE TORCH, ONCE STARTING TO RIGHT OF DEMETER'S HEAD, ALSO HORIZONTAL:
[Δε]μετερ{1}.
CAVI Footnotes: {1} BOTH INSCRIPTIONS SHOW IN THE PH. OF FR. A IN MOORE (1997), PL. 32 AND IN
FIG. 15 WHICH IS A COMPOSITE DR. OF FRS. A AND B SHOWING THE INSCRIPTIONS.
CAVI Comments: FRS. A - D. MOORE, P. 171, CORRECTS SCHWARTZ' ERRORS IN THE DESCRIPTION OF
FRS. A AND B: THE HEAD FACING LEFT IS NOT TRIPTOLEMOS BUT ZEUS. SCHWARZ OMITS
THE INSCRIPTIONS. [HAYASHI MUST ALSO BE WRONG.] FOR THE APPEARANCE OF ZEUS AND
ATHENA IN THIS SCENE SEE MOORE. INSCRIPTIONS IN RED. TAILED RHO.
CAVI Number: 0486
AVI Bibliography: PHOTO. — ARV[2] (1963), 589/2. — G. SCHWARZ (1987), 116 V 74, PL. 10/17A-B. —
PRANGE (1989), 157/A 2. — SCHLEIFFENBAUM (1991), 323/V 200. — HAYASHI (1992),
142/59 (NOT ILL.). — MOORE (1997), 171/238, FIG. 15 (DR. SHOWING INSCRIPTIONS),
PLS. 32-33 (FRS. A-C).
CAVI / AVI Data from Henry Immerwahr's Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions (CAVI), updated by Rudoph Wachter's Attic Vase Inscriptions (AVI)
