Note on Terminology : The phrase “Group of the Negro Alabastra” comes from early twentieth-century scholarship and refers to a small set of Attic perfume vessels decorated with dark-skinned warrior figures. The term, now considered outdated and offensive, is retained only as a historical label for this group’s scholarly identification. The warriors are conventionally described in Greek sources as “Aithiopians” (Ethiopians) and should be understood as part of a broader repertoire of “foreign” or “exotic” figures—such as Amazons—rather than as portraits of specific individuals. In this context, “Ethiopian warrior” is the preferred modern description, emphasizing the cultural and artistic imagination of difference in classical Athens rather than modern concepts of race.