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Photographer: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Edinburgh Painter
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Extent
H: 26.7 cm ; W: 11.4 cm
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Dates to c. 500 BCE. It is attributed to the Edinburgh Painter.
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Abstract
Black-figure neck amphora depicting male athletes exercising. The obverse depicts three figures: the first is a musician playing the flute; in the middle, a nude male youth holds halteres (jumping weights); and the last figure is a nude youth holding staves for javelin. The reverse also has three male figures: the first is a trainer; the middle nude youth is practicing throwing a discus; and the last figure is also a nude youth holding staves for javelin.
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Attica
Origin Country
Greece
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