Amphora with Boxers

Image
Linked Agent
Photographer: Egisto Sani
Creator: Nikosthenes
Resource Type
Genre
Physical Form
Extent
1 item
Temporal Subject
Note
Dates to c. 550-510 BCE. Inscription in Greek near the boxers' legs reads NIKOSTHENES EPOIESEN 'Nikosthenes made [this]'.
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Access Condition
Attributed to Egisto Sani under the license CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0
Abstract
Black-figure amphora depicts on the shoulder two nude male athletes boxing with a winged goddess above them. Near the boxers legs is an inscription.
Origin Place Name
Athens
Origin Country
Greece