Kylix with Revelers in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010

Drinking cup (kylix)
Greek, Late Archaic Period, about 510–500 B.C.
the Proto-Panaitian Group

Dimensions: Height: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); diameter: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.)

Medium or Technique: Ceramic, Red Figure

Classification: Vessels

Catalogue Raisonné: Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 073.

Accession Number: 01.8018

Cup interior tondo composition: Two nude male figures seated on a couch. The one on the right plays double flutes. He has distinctive features: a receding hairline, sideburns, and a small mustache and goatee. The one on the left is younger: his beard is just coming in. He is leaning over on the couch (kline), and vomiting. A flute case hangs on the wall and boots are placed under the couch.

Inscribed: "Epidromos is handsome" (EPIDROMOS KALOS)

Exterior: Undecorated.

Inscription
Inscribed: "Epidromos is handsome" (EPIDROMOS KALOS) ΕΠΙΔΡΟΜΟS ΚΑLΟS

Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/drinking-cup-kylix-153698