and Webster Der Niobidenmaler pll. 2-5; CV. d pl. 1; Enc. phot. iii p. 22; ARV. pp. 419-20 no. 20): except that it is let down from the left shoulder. The Corinthian helmet, which is held by the nasal, has catches on it for the insertion of plumes. These were recognized by H. R. W. Smith (CV. San Francisco p. 38), who quotes two examples: others are on the calyx-krater by the Geneva Painter in Geneva (FR. ii p. 314 fig. 105, whence, part, Pfuhl fig. 509; phots. Giraudon 4028-9: ARV. p. 430 no. 2: the helmet on the ground), on a volute-krater of the Geneva Group in the Louvre (Louvre G 482: Raoul-Rochette pl. 80: ARV. p. 430), and on a pelike, by one of the Mannerists, in Florence (St. e mat. 3 pp. 162-3; CV. pl. 34, 1-2: ARV. p. 398 no. 53); further, on two Etruscan mirrors which, as Eldridge saw, are by a single hand (AJA. 1917 p. 365 note 2): the Death of Ajax in Boston (Harv. St. 11 pl. 2, von Mach; JHS. 69 pl. 7, a; see also EVP. p. 140), and the Graiai in New York (Gerhard E.S., suppl., pl. 66; Richter Etruscan Art in the Museum fig. 133: see also JHS. 67 p. 9 and 69 pl. 7, b with p. 8).
The woman with the phiale wears a peplos with overfall, pinned on both shoulders, a necklace, and a kerchief in the form of a thick band, set with crosses, and having leaves in front. She stands, like the youth, with both legs frontal. (Above the right shoulder of this woman, the letter Ν was incised on the vase at some time before the black background was painted in.) The phiale is ornamented with two rows of pear-shaped or gout-shaped bosses pointing down and up: on this type see Luschey Die Phiale pp. 41-60. The woman on the left, in the porch, wears a thick woollen chiton of the same type as Artemis's on the amphora by the Niobid Painter in the Seillière collection (El. 2 pl. 90, whence FR. iii p. 284; Webster pl. 8, a: ARV. p. 421 no. 40), Aithra's and Priam's on his volute-krater in Bologna (Bologna 268: Mon. 11 pl. 14; Webster pl. 6: ARV. 418 no. 1), Priam's on his calyx-krater in Ferrara (Ferrara T. 936: Aurigemma 1 p. 177 = 2 p. 235: ARV. p. 419 no. 16): the uppermost of its three divisions (each bordered below) is sometimes seen to be a flounce. Over this chiton, the woman on our vase wears a himation draped shawl-wise; necklace, small earring, head-band with leaves in front. The feet are missing, but must both have been frontal. The woman on the right of the warrior, in profile, wears chiton, himation, necklace, stephane with leaves in front; the ends of the hair are confined in a small bag. The front-hair is contoured with relief-line; so is the back-hair, and it has several wavy lines, indicating strands, within the contour. The purpose of the linen cloth in this woman's hands is not clear. In another picture of the libation before departure, on a Chicago bell-krater in the manner of the Niobid Painter (AJA. 1930 pp. 172-3; Webster pl. 19, a: ARV. p. 425 no. 9), a woman holds a piece of stuff, but it is narrower than here and of thicker material. In the picture of Achilles receiving his armour on a calyx-krater in Bologna, also in the manner of the Niobid Painter (Bologna 291: Eos 34 pl. 3, 5 and pl. 2, 4: ARV. p. 424 no. 3) the Nereid standing behind Achilles holds just such a piece of linen as is seen on our vase. Perhaps it is intended to wipe the sword or spear before handing to the warrior. On the arming cup by Douris in Vienna (Vienna 3694; FR. pl. 53, whence Hoppin i p. 267; Pfuhl fig. 455: ARV. p. 280 no. 6) a youth furbishes his spear with a couple of cloths; on the arming cup by the Brygos Painter in the Vatican (Mus. Greg. ii pl. 81, 2; Gerhard AV. pll. 269-70; phots. Alinari 35809-11: ARV. p. 249 no. 41) a youth furbishes his spear with a cloth, and a man his corslet; a similar cloth, but larger, hangs out of the fur bag held by the old man on the interior of the cup; other cloths hang out of the fur bags hanging on the wall in the exterior pictures. (The purpose of the longer piece of stuff which is being offered to the youth who is putting his sword on is uncertain: it is small for a wrap.) One might guess that the warrior on the Boston vase will use the cloth to wipe his face with — the campaigning season was summer — but that would hardly suit the Bologna vase, and the explanation already given is more probable. The wiping or burnishing of armour is mentioned by the poets: θωρήκων τε νεοσμήκτων Homer (Hom. Il. 13.342): νεοσμήκτῳ τε μαχαίρῃ Euphorion 132. One should mention, in conclusion, although they do not help, the larger pieces of stuff — chitoniskoi, I thought — sometimes held by warriors in arming scenes (Kl. p. 24 no. 12, p. 25 no. 29, p. 29 no. 79).
The sword hanging to right of this figure may either belong to this group or to group γ.
To return to the figures on the left of group α. The old man, dressed in himation and
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