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214 - Pankration (boxing) match
pankration
DATE 530 - 520 BC
AUTHOR Attributed to the Colmar Painter - Greece
MATERIAL Ceramic - Black figure, pseudo-Panathenaic amphora
SIZE 60,2 cm (23") tall; 42,1 cm (16" 9/16) diameter
LOCATION USA - Boston - Museum of Fine Arts
NOTES The lifted index finger of the fallen athlete means that he's abdicating. This rude contest combined wrestling, boxing, and street fighting. Kicking and hitting a downed opponent were allowed; only biting and gouging (thrusting a finger or thumb into an opponent's eye) were forbidden.
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