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Psykter fragments

Attributed to the Oltos
ca. 520–510 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 154
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."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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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