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Drinking cup (kylix) fragment

about 500 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsLength: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.877
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ClassificationsVessels
InscriptionsInscribed: "Athenodotos is handsome" (ATH[ENODOTOS] K[ALOS]) LàR Κ[ΑLΟS] (Retrograde) ΑΘ[ΕΝΟΔΟΤΟS]
ProvenanceAccording to entry 77 in Caskey-Beazley, part 2: formerly in Hartwig's possession; by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)