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Date : near 420 B.C.
Material : Terracotta
Acquisition : Rogers Fund (1908)
| Two boys at thymiaterion (incense burner)
Item 16 on 81
Greek Antiquities
Container
Vitrine : V01
Area related
Attique (Greece)
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The special shape of the oinochoe indicates that it had some connection with the Anthesteria, the celebration of the new wine in which children and god Dionysos figured prominently. The youth at the left replaces the cover of the thymiaterion, after filling it with incense. He needs to stand on tiptoe. His companion extends his hand to help if necessary. The oinochoe on the ground suggests that the depicted activity was accompanied by a libation and had particular significance.
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