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THE ATTIC PYxJ§
SALLY RUTHERFUaD RoaERTS
2J
Lid: tongues. black band bct"cen resened lin~. running
palmette scroll (Dinsmoor. I)PC IVa). Side of lid: interlocking
maeanders; moulding: reser;ed crenellc pattern. Interior of lid:
rescn'ed; bollom; resen'ed.
Fri,.:e: palmettes. ailemntely \'crtical and resen"ed. linked by
tendrils .....ith crosses in the field.
The Painter of Athens 18577. black-figure. patterned: AJA 50
()946) 118. PuralifJo",.·nu. 306.
Ca. 5/0-500 H.C.
J. Atlu·tls Acr. 560. from Athens. Pis. 8.1-8.2. 9.2. Fig. Id.
Lid missing. about t .....o-thirds of wall preserved. H. 0.076. D. t.'lJot.~t
rim 0.09.
Inset flange for lid, concave·sided, black base moulding. bottom
l1at lIo'ilh deprc'\scd ('colral loodo.
BOtlom: two concentric circle.; near ('enter and 11100 OUler
concentric circles.
Black band.' reserved line above .od below
ErPA4>IEN]. KA(A01:··Hlm]OAAM.U KME.
[..,KA] AE. NAYl:lnPA[T]E. [M]ENTA, KA[AE]·
frieze. MAKP(ON:
1:18[.., KME].
Makron. red·figure: women in the home: AR V. 479, JJ6 and 458:
JHS 14 (1894) pI. 3.2; Langlot'l.. Die 0",0(('" Vase" wm di'r
AkropoJis:u Athen, pI. 43.
Ca. 500 B.C.
4. Brussels. Hibliothl~q"I' Royule 9. from Attica.
Knob missing. H. 0.051. lota1 preserved H. 0.Ob3. D. of lid 0.085.
D. of base 0,09.
Inset flange for lid, conc3\'e-sided. moulding at base. lid inlerior:
reserved: bottom: two concentric circles. outer circle.
Black line. reserved line abo\'c frieze, reserved line below. "The
inscription MEKAKI\E~ EnOIEIEN is modern, whether over an
ancitmt inscription or not" (Reazley).
Pistoxcnos Painter, fed-figure; women: ARV. 863.31; O.
Fcytmans. Les Vases grecs dl' la Bibliotheque Royule dj' Bt·lgique.
pis. 21-22 and pI. SI (profile).
Ca, 480 RC.
• Actual ktur rorms an: DOt ~ ill lhb or the rouo...ing illKription$,
Tbe \a~ abme ha\c bt-cn loosel) grouped IOgether as the} .. hOY<
• curious mixture of cunservative and progressiH: features, On the
consenath'e side wuuld appear their small size. base mouldings and
lack of foot. The inset l1ange at the top of the hod) and consequent
tllperimenlation ....ilh the proper shape of lid to fit do.....n o\'er such a
nange are progressi\e in the sense that these features are ronstallll)'
presenl in the fiflh-centuf)' conca\'"e pyxis. The first ell3mple in
red-figure technique appears about 5(X) D.e. and introduces the
predominantlY female subjet'1 matter typical of the fifth cenlury.
Alhens 18577 (no. I. PI. 6.1) and Alhens 18578 (no. 2. PI. 7,1)
wf;re probably made as a pair in the same .....orkshop and det'orated
by the same hand. They are similar in shape and construction
though lhere arc subtle differences in prolile. Bolh italic the
canonical b:lse moulding and complementary moulding at the lOp
of the body but the form of the hase mouldings are cOnlrasted: a
disk for no. 2 to counter a moulding ..... ith a conca\'e face for no. I.
The lids ha\'e bluntly rectangular down·turned rims identical in
profile to those of the Classes of Berlin 2034 (PI. 15. J) and the
Painter of Oxford 137 (PI. 11). The lid patterns are identical. a
running palmene scroll IDinsmoor t)'pe IVa).1
The first red-figured pyxis (no. J. Fig. Id) is of a very simple
conscrvati\e shape. The body is slightly conca\'e with a rounded
mOUlding al the b3sc. It seems likdy by comparison with an earlier!
and 1\100 later p)Xides (no. 4 and the singleton. Athens 12149)' Ihat
tile missing lid had a rounded moulding at Ihe edge to complement
that at the base. There has been a realignment of members. Ihe
Upper moulding ha\'ing been mO\'ed from the top of the body tu Ihe
lid.
The artist is Makrun. who chiefly paiOled cups. Throughoul Ihe
fifth century the great majority of artists who paint pyxides
specialize in the decoration of ClipS.
The inscriptions have been fully recorded in the catalogue entry
follOWing the order in which they appear in Langlolz's drawing.·
Recent examination sho.....s thal all the inscriptions appear to ha\'e
h«n originally white.s With regard to the missing letlers it should be
stated that there is :l chip in front of EMTA and no Irace of any
lener could ever h3\"e been visible.' The chip may be seen in