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Drinking cup (kylix) with archers (interior) and athletes (exterior)

about 500 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsDiameter: 23.6 cm (9 5/16 in.)
Credit LineJulia Bradford Huntington James Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number10.207
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
InscriptionsInscribed inside: "Athenodotos is handsome" (ATHEN[ODOTOS] KALOS)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Bourguignon Collection at Naples; by 1910: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: from Orvieto); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, June 2, 1910, for $4,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 10.159-10.230)