ID: 700006591 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006591	Record Type: Movable Work

Attic Red-Figure Kylix Type B (kylikes type B; Skythes (Greek (Attic), active about 520 - 490 BC) (Greek (A...; about 510 BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 83.AE.247)

Note: Most of the cup depicting and athlete and warriors is preserved, restored from fragments.Interior: Inside a tondo, a youthful athlete facing right holding a discus. In the background are jumping weights, javelins, and a pick suggesting a palaestra setting. An inscription appears around the figure. The inscription, the athlete's wreath, and the thong around the javelins are in added red.Exterior: On Side A, two Greek hoplites in full armor do battle with spears and shields. The device on the shield of the soldier on the right is an oriental warrior. On Side B, a warrior in oriental costume, facing right pursues another, mounted oriental warrior, perhaps an Amazon. The upper part of the mounted warrior is missing. The warrior on foot carries a spear and a crescent shield and wears a pointed cap and patterned cloak. Inscriptions on both sides appear in added red. Palmettes and lotus buds fill the space around the handles.

Titles:

Attic Red-Figure Kylix Type B (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

kylikes type B [300264994] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>, drinking vessels, cups (drinking vessels), <cups by form>, kylikes, <kylikes by form>)

Classifications:

vessels / containers (preferred)

Creation Date: about 510 BCE

Creator Display:

Skythes (Greek (Attic), active about 520 - 490 BC) (Greek (Attic) Painter) [preferred,JPGM]

Skythes (Attic bilingual vase painter, active ca. 530-ca. 500 BCE) [500128015]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 83.AE.247

Credit Line: Gift of Stefan Hornak

Other: Creation: Athínai [7001393] Region of Attica (region (administrative division)), Greece (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Terracotta

	terracotta (clay material) [300010669]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 9.3 x W: 29.8 x Diam.: 23.8 cm (3 11/16 x 11 3/4 x 9 3/8 in.)

Cultures:

Ancient Greek (preferred)

Attic

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Red-figure [300020201] (style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean styles, Aegean pottery styles, Greek vase painting styles)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	warrior [300261945]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in military occupations>) (AAT)

	athletes [300236025]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by activity>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Translated from Greek: "Epilykos is beautiful", "Beautiful".

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Attic Red-Figure Kylix Type B	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM,VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)