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Attic Red-Figure Lidded Jar Fragment (comprised of 5 joined fragments)

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"Onesimos" means "profitable" in Greek and may have been a nickname. Onesimos worked in Athens in the early 400s B.C. decorating vases. He painted vases primarily in the red-figure technique, but he also decorated some white-ground vases. Although many vase-painters tended to specialize in certain types of vases, Onesimos was unusual in the degree to which he decorated cups almost exclusively. He

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Date: 5th century B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Greek (Attic)
Department: Vessels
Institution: Getty Museum

Upper surface: Five joined fragments featuring satyrs. In the middle, a nude satyr leans forward towards his companion to the left. He holds his right hand at his hip, and bends his left leg. Looking left, he whispers in the ear of a second satyr, who is shown with a frontal face. Above, a kantharos, and between the two satyr heads an inscription: ...]ΛEBON. On the right hangs a wineskin with inscription (KAΛO[.]) and the tail of a third satyr (joins 81.AE.D.206.2022). Above the figures, a reserve band marked with one concentric line. The inner edge is black. Underside and outer edge, undecorated.

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