Attic Black-Figure Cup Fragment (Side A)

The fragment (composed of twelve joining fragments) preserves half of the deep bowl of a cup of type A or similar. Interior: small reserved tondo with the sickle and tail feathers of a cock to right.
Exterior: side A. Dionysos faces a woman (Ariadne), surrounded by satyrs and maenads, of whom only the trio behind Dionysos is preserved. Ariadne stands at the right edge of the fragment, wearing a peplos and himation. She holds the himation open with her right hand and drawn over her head. Dionysos faces her, wearing a long chiton and himation, and holding a drinking horn in his right hand. A maenad and two satyrs approach from the left. The maenad is dressed in a chiton and nebris (deerskin).
Exterior: side B. A trio of satyrs and a maeand is preserved. At left, a satyr moving to right, and a maenad and satyr to left. The maenad has a fillet in her hair, wears a necklace, and is dressed in a chiton and nebris.

The edge of the lip is black, with a fine reserved line on the exterior, and a thin black line at the top of the figured zone. There are traces of one of the handle roots, as well as the tips of a large hanging lotus bud with separate sepals under the handle. The figures stand on three dilute lines. Below, a broad band, three dilute bands, a zone of thin rays, and a glaze line. The interior of the bowl is black except for the tondo.

Adapted from Clark, A., CVA Malibu 2 (1990)