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Source Description
Two kneeling warriors do battle in the tondo of this large drinking cup, red blood streaming from their wounded legs. Without labels or attributes, their identities remain uncertain—perhaps Eteokles and Polyneikes, the cursed sons of Oedipus. The exterior figures are anonymous, although many are accompanied by small dots probably meant to imitate letters (for identifying inscriptions). On one side, a warrior is greeted by a nude youth holding a garland, with a horseman, a flying eagle, and several men observing. On the other, a bearded man rides a rearing horse, flanked by six draped men. Waterbirds stand beneath the handles.
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Document identity
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142227
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Siana Cup (Black-Figure Kylix [Drinking Cup]): Horseman and Warriors
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object
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142227
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title
Siana Cup (Black-Figure Kylix [Drinking Cup]): Horseman and Warriors
description
Two kneeling warriors do battle in the tondo of this large drinking cup, red blood streaming from their wounded legs. Without labels or attributes, their identities remain uncertain—perhaps Eteokles and Polyneikes, the cursed sons of Oedipus. The exterior figures are anonymous, although many are accompanied by small dots probably meant to imitate letters (for identifying inscriptions). On one side, a warrior is greeted by a nude youth holding a garland, with a horseman, a flying eagle, and several men observing. On the other, a bearded man rides a rearing horse, flanked by six draped men. Waterbirds stand beneath the handles.
date
575–550 BCE
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60760929
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 26.8 cm (10 9/16 in.); Overall: 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.)
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Greek, Attic
accession
1965.78
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ceramic
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Siana Cup (Black-Figure Kylix [Drinking Cup]): Horseman and Warriors, 575–550 BCE. Greek, Attic. Ceramic; diameter: 26.8 cm (10 9/16 in.); overall: 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Edgar A. Hahn, 1965.78
collection
GR - Greek
didYouKnow
Siana cups take their name from a cemetery in Rhodes where many were first found.
citations
citation
Beazley Archive. n.d. <em>Beazley Archive Pottery Database</em>. Oxford: Beazley Archive.
page_number
BAPD 758
citation
"Annual Report for 1965." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 53, no. 6 (1966): 137-71.
citation
Boulter, C. G., Jenifer Neils, and Gisela Walberg. <em>Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum.</em> Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1971.
page_number
p. 14, Plates 20,3 & 21 & 22,2
citation
Immerwahr, Henry R.<em> A Corpus of Attic Vase Inscriptions (CAVI)</em>. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 1998.
page_number
p. 791, no. 3203
creditline
Gift of Edgar A. Hahn
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2026-05-29 07:17:38.098000
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142227
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Greek
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ceramic
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photo
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