Psykter fragments
Two adjacent fragments; head and shoulder of a bearded man.
These fragments adjoin 10.210.18 whose description is the following: The name of each figure is inscribed: the flute player, Smikythos; the diskos thrower, Antiphanes, and his trainer, Antimenes; the broad jumper, Dorotheos ("he is going to jump"); the javelin thrower, Batrrachos; Kleainethos, the judge crowning the boy fair Epainetos, and his trainer, Alketes. Two inscriptions refer to the vase itself: "drink me" and "I open my mouth wide."
These fragments adjoin 10.210.18 whose description is the following: The name of each figure is inscribed: the flute player, Smikythos; the diskos thrower, Antiphanes, and his trainer, Antimenes; the broad jumper, Dorotheos ("he is going to jump"); the javelin thrower, Batrrachos; Kleainethos, the judge crowning the boy fair Epainetos, and his trainer, Alketes. Two inscriptions refer to the vase itself: "drink me" and "I open my mouth wide."
Artwork Details
- Title: Psykter fragments
- Artist: Attributed to the Oltos
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 520–510 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: 2 3/8in. (6cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Purchase, by exchange, 1932
- Object Number: 32.11.5
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Oltos
ca. 520–510 BCE
Oltos
ca. 520 BCE
Oltos
ca. 520 BCE
Oltos
ca. 510 BCE
Oltos
ca. 520 BCE
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