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Interior of Pottery: red-figured cup. INTERIOR: Hermes. Hermes flies to the right in a running pose, his head turned back to the left and down. He holds a lyre (red plektron attached with red cord) in his left hand and a kerykeion up over his shoulders in his right. The god wears a peaked cap, short chiton (dilute glaze folds above waist), chlamys (two line border) tied at the neck (brooch decorated with a cross) and winged boots. Beneath his feet is the sea, represented by a reserved area with a wavy upper contour. Border: complex running maeander (eight-stroke core, anticlockwise). EXTERIOR: athletes. Side A (upper): three athletes and a trainer. On the left an athlete moves to the right holding a halter in either hand (right hand missing, but end of halter visible). He has a red band in his hair, as do all the other athletes on this cup. In front of him an athlete moves to the right holding an akontion in either hand, red loops attached to both (agkulai). On the right of the centre a youthful trainer in himation (black border) moves away to the right, but looks back to the left. He holds a forked stick low in his right hand and has a red wreath in his hair. On the far right an athlete holding a discus in his lowered left hand moves to the left. Side ? (lower): three athletes and a trainer. On the left an athlete with a halter in either hand moves to the right. In front of him an athlete moves to the left, a discus with a silhouette owl on it low in his left hand. On the right of the centre a youthful trainer wearing a himation (black border) moves to the left, his right hand raised and his left holding a forked stick up to the right, parallel to his forearm. He has a red wreath in his hair. On the far right an athlete moves away to the right, holding a pair of halters back in his right hand and an akontion with a red loop down in his left. His chest is frontal and his head, now misssing, was probably turned back to the left. Ground line: single reserved line. Relief contour throughout (except hair); dilute glaze for minor interior markings; reserved line inside and outside lip.
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