M0009556: Ancient Greek red-figure pottery decorated with athletes
- Date:
- 09 August 1946
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/84/16
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced October 2020: Red figure cup, by the Tithonos painter
Description
Two photographs printed on one piece of paper. The first is of a section of an ancient Greek cup by Epictetus held by the Altes Museum, Berlin, featuring javelin thrower, discus thrower and boxer. The second photograph is of a section of an ancient Greek amphora held by the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy, featuring a spear thrower. The photographs were originally published in Schroder, Bruno: Der Sport im Altertum, Berlin, 1927. The photograph was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1946 (accession number PHO 12644). Related images: M0009555, M0009557.
Publication/Creation
09 August 1946
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Notes
Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Can't be requested