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Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)

Attributed to the Theseus Painter
ca. 500 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 153
The Pankration was an athletic contest that combined boxing, wrestling, and kicking. In the surviving representations, it is not always easy to distinguish the pankration from boxing or wrestling matches. Such is the case here where the competition takes place under the eyes of a trainer and an onlooker.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup)
  • Artist: Attributed to the Theseus Painter
  • Period: Archaic
  • Date: ca. 500 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
  • Dimensions: H. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
    diameter 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
  • Object Number: 06.1021.49
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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