lekythos
the Edinburgh Painter
© Ashmolean Museum
image details
Description
Athenian black-figure lekythos (oil-jar); a ball game: a bearded man is on the point of throwing the ball towards a line-out of three youths, each mounted on a companion's shoulders; graffito: "keleuson" - "call for it" - inscribed in the field
Artist
attributed to the Edinburgh Painter
Date
6th - 5th century BC
Accession Number
AN1890.27
Material
ceramic