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THE ATTIC P'YXIS
SALLY RI111lEaFUaD RO.EaTS
Langlotz's drawing and on PI. 9,2. The M was first restored by
Richards, as Melite is the name of a Nereid in the Iliad (niiiA2).7
It should be nOled that there is an inscription beside each female
j;sure and room enough between the wonlan hastening leftward with
the mirror and the woman in profile rightward by whom MAKP i..
written for another venical inscription to name that Vooman (along
her left side where there is a substantial break, PI. 8.1)_ Beazley nDled
thallhe KA abO\'e the mirror held by the ..oman striding left "might
also be the beginning of another name" (;tRV, 479, 336). Therefore
the anist can name each figure and sign. It seems highly probable
that MAKP is a fragmentary signature. The letters and pmiition of
the signature on Makroll's Helen skyphos in Boston l are strikingly
similar.
The basic shape of the Brussels pyxis (no. 4) closely resembles that
decorated by Makron. The concave·!>ided box has a rounded base
moulding here complemented by that of the lid, The knob however is
missing so the total effect must be imagined. I would not hazard a
guess as to the shape of the knob as they are so varied in this period
of experimentation. The pyxis differs in some relipects from
Acropolis 560. in that the concave curve of the body is cmpha..i7ed
and the box is proportionately smaller. The pyxis rests slighlly IIff
the ground on its base ring as is the case with Athens 18577 (Fig. le)
and 18578,1 This detail may be observed in the prolile 1t but the
structure of the foot is obscured by the base moulding and indeed all
the pyxides of this class appear to be placed solidly on the ground.
THE CLASS OFTHE PAINTER OF OXFORD 237
I. Camhddgf 86.06. Pis. 10.2 and 11.
Total height excluding foot 0.095. D. at rim 0.101. D. of lid 0.12.
Inset flange for lid, conca\·e·sided. tripartite foot (1). Lid with
down·turned rim to cover flange, conical knob.
Lid: debased tongues. warriors, women and Nike. nCI pattern.
Side aflid: linked lotus buds. pointing downward. with dolS abo\'e
and below.
Net pant:rn abm'e and below frieze.
. r of Oxford 237. black-figure. Voarriors lea\'ing home
palllte .
. rs women and Nlkc): ABV. 649. 248,
(~arnu .
Ca. 500-490 B. C.
Louvrt' CA 3738. f'X Bou/anger. Pis. 9.1 and 12.2, Fig. 2b.
2. H. 0.092. H... ith lid 0.126, D. at rim 0.092. D. of lid 0.109, H. of
foot 0,019, Inset flange for lid. conca\'c, thick stem sprnding foot
ring __..ith reserved com'clI edge. Lid wilh down-turned rim to cover
flange. Disk knob.
Lid: debased tongues. \\arriors leuing home (seated warriors
ahema~ing with warriors leading horses and Nike). dots.
1/ftf'nor of lid. reddened; buttom: dot and wide black circle.
Side ~r lid: lotus buds. pointing downward. joined altcrnatcly by
slalks with dots abO'e and bclow.
Nct pauern abm'e and below frieze.
Leaness Group. black.figure: Am3zon and warrior leading horses
and warriors.
Ca. 5QO·l/90 D, C.
J. Warsaw 138535, probably from Kaliningrad. PI. 13,
H. Rib. D, 0.13,
Inset flange for lid. concave, black thick stem, spreading foot ring
with reserved convex edge. Foot tripartite. Lid with down·turned rim
10 cover flange. conical knob.
Lid: debased tongues. seated warriors alternating with warriors
holding horses and warrior; net pattern. $idf' of lid: lotus buds.
pointing downward. joined by stalks skipping one or two buds with
dots above and below.
Net pattern aOO\'e and below frieze,
lc.aness Group. black-figure; Amazons leading horses. and
warnors: CVA. Poland 4. Warsaw 1. pI. 43. figs, 1-7. ParolilJOmena.
313.
Ca, 500-490 B.C.
4. HOI'""a. Lagunillas.
Sh~pe and patterns as in Warsaw 1J8535.
Painter of 0 f .
p _ 1I ord 237. black-figu~; warnors: ABV. 649. 249;
orailpomenu, 31J.