Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Attributed to the Cock Painter

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Lekythoi filled with oil were offerings to the dead. The scene on this lekythos, a warrior departing for battle, is likely a family gathering of the warrior’s father, wife, and son. Such representations, which show the warrior in the company of a small group of family members, reflect similar representations on Greek funerary monuments.

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Attributed to the Cock Painter [class] [possibly], Terracotta, Greek

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