APC Image: AK 1007Black-figured kylikes. (Cups with straight rim, not an offset one). Left: Fragment of kylix with inner picture reaching to the edge of the interior. Three men proceeding to right with the horses they are leading; traces of a fourth horse. One of the men wears a helmet and a close chiton; the others are naked. Late sixth century B.C. Graef-Langlotz, Group V. Right: Fragment of kylix of like type. Two silens stand on the exergue, traces of which may be seen under the first silen's right foot. The silen on the left with outstretched left hand faces the figure on the right. The second starts away (dancing?) to the right with his arm akimbo and his left raised over his left shoulder. The fragment of the exergue has no relation to the rest of the picture and is falsely restored. The cup belongs in a group of similar vases from the Acropolis, although this scene is not duplicated among them. Kylikes like this are found in the Agora at Athens and in Rome. Beginning of the fifth century B.C.(?) Group V. The vases of this class are decorated only on the interior. Bottom: Fragment of kylix; on the reverse, the start of the foot. At the right edge is part of the horse's neck; at the left, the top of his tail. The main part of the picture is occupied by the torso of the rider himself, his shoulders covered by a cloak which makes him look rather like a bird. Late sixth century B.C. Group V.
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Object Description:   Black-figured kylikes. (Cups with straight rim, not an offset one). Left: Fragment of kylix with inner picture reaching to the edge of the interior. Three men proceeding to right with the horses they are leading; traces of a fourth horse. One of the men wears a helmet and a close chiton; the others are naked. Late sixth century B.C. Graef-Langlotz, Group V. Right: Fragment of kylix of like type. Two silens stand on the exergue, traces of which may be seen under the first silen's right foot. The silen on the left with outstretched left hand faces the figure on the right. The second starts away (dancing?) to the right with his arm akimbo and his left raised over his left shoulder. The fragment of the exergue has no relation to the rest of the picture and is falsely restored. The cup belongs in a group of similar vases from the Acropolis, although this scene is not duplicated among them. Kylikes like this are found in the Agora at Athens and in Rome. Beginning of the fifth century B.C.(?) Group V. The vases of this class are decorated only on the interior. Bottom: Fragment of kylix; on the reverse, the start of the foot. At the right edge is part of the horse's neck; at the left, the top of his tail. The main part of the picture is occupied by the torso of the rider himself, his shoulders covered by a cloak which makes him look rather like a bird. Late sixth century B.C. Group V.
Negative Number:   AK 1007
Category:   Pottery
Subcategory:   Kylike
Site:   Acropolis, North Slope
City:   Athens
Region:   Attica
Country:   Greece
Date:   1934
Format:   Glass-plate
Dimensions:   18 X 13
Bibliography:   Hesperia 4 (1935), p. 261, fig. 24.
Repository:   ASCSA ARCHIVES
Collection Title:   Archaeological Photographic Collection
Series:   AK
Image Width:   2135
Image Height:   1559