Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)
Attributed to the Pig Painter
Obverse, trainer and hoplitodromos (runner in armor)
Reverse, woman playing lyre and reveler
The shape of this neck-amphora harks back to an earlier generation with its squat proportions, short neck decorated with a black-figure palmette ornament, and two-part lip. Unusual also is the depiction of a woman playing the lyre on the reverse; in the context of a symposium (drinking party), lyres are more often played by men.
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