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Vase Catalog Number: London E 135
Images | Browse Images| Collection: | London, British Museum | ||
| Summary: | Scythian archer | ||
| Ware: | Attic Red Figure | Shape: | Plate |
| Painter: | Signed by Epiktetos | Potter: | |
| Context: | From Vulci | Region: | Etruria |
| Date: | ca. 510 B.C. - 500 B.C. | Period: | Archaic |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.02 m., D. rim 0.194 m. | ||
| Primary Citation: | |||
Decoration:
Interior: a Scythian archer running to left, looking back. He holds his bow with his right hand and draws an arrow with his left from a quiver slung around his shoulder.
He is beardless, and wears a dappled jacket, trousers, and a kidaris or Scythian hat whose flaps hang down onto his chest. Inscription around scene, EPIKTETOS EGRASPHEN ("Epiktetos painted it").
Inscriptions:
EPIKTETOS EGRASPHEN ("Epiktetos painted it")
Sources Used:
Other Bibliography:
(Beth McIntosh)
Keywords:archer, arrow, bow, hat, kidaris, quiver, running, Scythian, Scythian archer
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| Archive Number | Caption | |
|---|---|---|
| 1990.14.0197 | Tondo: Scythian archer | Photograph courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum, London |