{"data": {"id": 108536, "accession_number": "1926.242", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Fragmentary Red-Figure Kylix (Drinking Cup): Warrior Sacrificing Ram, c. 490\u2013480 BCE. Greek, Attic. Ceramic; diameter: 10.1 cm (4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1926.242", "current_location": "102B Greek", "title": "Fragmentary Red-Figure Kylix (Drinking Cup): Warrior Sacrificing Ram", "creation_date": "c. 490\u2013480 BCE", "creation_date_earliest": -495, "creation_date_latest": -475, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Greek, Attic"], "technique": "ceramic", "support_materials": [], "department": "Greek and Roman Art", "collection": "GR - Greek", "type": "Ceramic", "measurements": "Diameter: 10.1 cm (4 in.)", "dimensions": {"diameter": {"width": 0.101, "width_inch": 4, "width_inch_fraction": 0.0}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 442557, "title": "Ancient Art of Greece and Rome", "description": "<i>Ancient Art of Greece and Rome</i>. Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA (organizer) (September 16-December 29, 1979).", "opening_date": "1979-09-16T04:00:00"}], "legacy": []}, "provenance": [{"description": "Ludwig Pollak, Rome, Italy, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "?-1926", "sortorder": 1}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "1926-", "sortorder": 2}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "The artist has used added red pigment for the blood of the ram.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "Scenes of sacrifice are rare in Greek art before the late 4th century BC. The warrior may be sacrificing the ram as a magical act before battle to save his own and his company's lives. A faded inscription, partly lost, does not identify the warrior; rather, it praises Chairias, probably an Athenian youth. 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