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English: object type / vase shape: attic red figure cup (kylix)

- description: interior: Gaia/Ge rising from the ground, Poseidon killing the giant Polybotes; name inscriptions: GE, POSEIDO_N, POLYBO_TES - exterior side A: the giant Gaion is attacked by Artemis with two torches, Zeus with sceptre and thunderbolt fighting the giant Porphyrion, Athena killing with her spear the giant Enkelados; name inscriptions: GAIO_N, ARTEMIS, ZEUS, PORPH(Y)RIO_N, A(THE)A(I)A, E(G)KELADOS - exterior side B: the giant Mimon is killed by Ares with a spear, the giant Ephialtes fleeing, falling on his knee, fighting Apollon, Hera fighting with a spear the giant Phoitos; name inscriptions: MIMO_N, ARES, EPHIALTES, APOLLO_N; HER(A), PHOITOS - production place: Athens - potter: Erginos; signed on the interior, in the exergue: ERGINOS EPOIES(E)N - painter: Aristophanes; signed on the interior, in the exergue: ARISTOPHANES EGRAFE - period / date: classical, ca. 410-405 BC - material: pottery (clay) - height: 13 cm; diameter: 35 cm - findspot: Vulci, between Coccumella and the river Fiora (?) - museum / inventory number: Berlin, Altes Museum (Antikensammlung) F 2531 - bibliography: John D. Beazley, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford 1963(2), 1318, 1 - Lucilla Burn, The Meidias Painter, Oxford 1987, cat. A 1 - http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=686827&viewType=detailView

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