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title: Amphora showing a boxing contest
author: Carole Raddato
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2688/amphora-showing-a-boxing-contest/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Amphora showing a boxing contest

_Authored by Carole Raddato_

## Image File

[![Amphora showing a boxing contest](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2688.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2688.jpg)

## Image Caption

Black-figured [amphora](https://www.worldhistory.org/Amphora/) showing a boxing contest, made in [Athens](https://www.worldhistory.org/Athens/) about 550-500 BCE, signed by the potter Nikosthenes, from [Agrigento](https://www.worldhistory.org/agrigento/) ([Sicily](https://www.worldhistory.org/sicily/)). The boxers wearing himantes (leather thongs bound on the fist) are about to exchange blows. The boxer on the left already has a nose-bleed. (British Museum)

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Raddato, C. (2014, June 15). Amphora showing a boxing contest. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2688/amphora-showing-a-boxing-contest/>
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Raddato, Carole. "Amphora showing a boxing contest." *World History Encyclopedia*, June 15, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2688/amphora-showing-a-boxing-contest/>.
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Raddato, Carole. "Amphora showing a boxing contest." *World History Encyclopedia*, 15 Jun 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2688/amphora-showing-a-boxing-contest/>.

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