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Attributed to the Group of the Paidikos Alabastra
Inscribed "Hipparchos is beautiful"
Decorated with a lovely pattern of diminishing palmettes, this vase may bear a tribute to Hipparchos, the son of the tyrant Peisistratos. Hipparchos was assassinated by two conspirators, Harmodios and Aristogeiton.
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Title: Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
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Attributed to the Group of the Paidikos Alabastra
Period: Archaic
Date: ca. 510 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; black-figure, white-ground
Dimensions: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Gift of Welles Bosworth, 1921
Object Number: 21.80
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