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Detail of an Amphora with Boxers in the Getty Villa, July 2008

Detail of an Amphora with Boxers in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Storage Jar with Boxers
Greek, made in Athens, about 520 BC
Terracotta
Black-figured amphora attributed to Painter N and signed by Nikosthenes as potter

Inventory # 68.AE.19

Two boxers are shown confronting each other on the neck of the vessel. Their hands are wrapped in leather strips for protection. A tripod, the prize for their contest, appears between them. Designated an official event in 688 BC, boxing is one of the oldest known sports.

Text from the Getty Villa museum

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