Salpinx on Cup

Iconography | IC097

Date of Illustration: 520-500 BCE

Current Location: British Museum, No. E5 Greek & Roman Department, Object reference number: 1842,0407.23 Description Illustration of a Satyr blowing a Salpinx on an Athenian Red-figure eye-cup made by Hischylos and signed by painter Epiktetos H. The player wears a phorbeia. Produced in Attica

***Dating:***520BC-500BC (circa)

Citations: Boardman 1975: p.57, No. 66; Beazley 1963: 70, N0. 3

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