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Vase Catalog Number: Malibu 84.AE.770

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Collection:Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum
Summary:Two warriors arming, attended by a youth and a woman.
Ware:Attic Red Figure, White Ground Shape:Lekythos
Painter: Douris Potter:
Context: Athens Region:Attica
Date:500 B.C. Period:Late Archaic
Dimensions:

H. 33.5 cm., d. mouth 7.2 cm., d. shoulder 12.6 cm.

Primary Citation:

Inscriptions:

On the shoulder is written ÊO PAIS (the boy). On the body is KA[L]OS PANAATIOS KALOS NIKODROMOS KALOS (Panaetios is beautiful; Nikodromos is beautiful). On the altar is ]RICHR[ ]MOS[]IO[.

Other Bibliography:

"Art Antique, Collections Privees de Suisse Romande," Musee d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, 1972, no. 205; J. Dorig, ed., Art Antique, Collections Privees de Suisse Romande, Mainz, 1972, cat. no. 205, with 4 illustrations; D. Buitron, Douris, dissertation for Harvard University, 1976, p. 48, no. 36; Immerwahr, H., 1990, Attic Script. A Survey, p. 85; "Acquisition Supplement," Getty Museum Journal 13 (1985): 168, no. 19

(Deirdre Beyer-Honça)

Keywords:

arming, servant, warrior, woman, youth

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7 Images

Archive NumberCaption
1990.05.0263Overview: handle rear
1990.05.0265Overview: handle right
1990.05.0266Overview: handle front
1990.05.0264Overview: handle left
1990.05.0267Main panel: youth
1990.05.0268Main panel: first warrior arming
1990.05.0269Main panel: second warrior arming
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