Neck-Amphora with Athlete and Ephebos

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Object/Title: Neck-Amphora with Athlete and Ephebos
Type: Pottery
Provenance: Greece
Findspot: Greece, Rhodes, Fikellura Cemetery, Fikellura grave 179
Abstract: Red-figure neck-amphora depicting an athlete and ephebos. The obverse depicts a clothed ephebos holding an aryballos attached to cords. The reverse depicts a nude male athlete wearing a fillet and holding a strigil.
Physical Location: British Museum
URL: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_objec...
Measurements: H: 16.51 cm
Description: Dates to c. 440-420 BCE.
Bibliography: British Museum. “neck-amphora.” The British Museum Collections Online. Accessed November 22, 2017. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_objec...
Access Condition: Attributed to the Trustees of the British Museum under the license CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
Creative Commons: CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
Name: Trustees of the British Museum
Role: Photographer
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Role
Related Search Terms: Red-Figure
Neck Amphora
Greek
Attic
Ephebos
Athlete
Male
Nudity
Aryballos
Strigil
Equipment
Fillet
Date: 5th c. BCE