P 7690 +Floor fragment with start of stem on underside. Coral-red around tondo on inside and below figures on outside. Max. dim. 0.075. G. M. A. Richter, BSA 46, 1951, pl. 16:c (A); B. Cohen, Marsyas 15, 1970--1971, pl. 4:6; Agora XXI, p. 12, cat. no. C 6, pl. 4, C 6; M. Kilmer, Greek Erotica on Attic Red-Figure Vases, London 1993, cat. no. R 1123.

I, courting scene: two youths (legs from the thighsdown) embracing. End of himation to right and left. Below,at left:

to right of figures:

(both incised after firing). A, palaestra scene. At the left, feet (a pair to left, then one to right, the heel raised very high, a bit of this leg from just below the knee, and a left leg from just below the knee, the foot about to touch ground). Between the feet of this figure are the legs and part of the seat of an okladias and a fold of drapery. At the far left, end of a stick; on the far right, ends of two staffs(?) and a little of the palmette ornament at the handle. Relief contour. Dilute glaze: muscles.

J. D. Beazley (Some Attic Vases in the Cyprus Museum [Proceedings of the British Academy 33], London 1948, p. 30) restored the main inscription as it is given above ("loving cup") and remarked that the style of drawing is similar to that of Boston, M.F.A. 10.193, which praises Athenodotos and recalls the early work of Douris (ARV2 1567, 12; Paralip. 506). For the inscription, see also Agora XXI, p. 12, cat. no. C 6. In K. J. Dover (Greek Homosexuality, Cambridge, Mass. 1978), 1410 is mentioned on p. 122 (cat. no. R 1123). For the subject of I, see H. A. Shapiro, AJA 85, 1981, pp. 133--143.

For the use of coral-red, see 1403.