Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask)

Greek, Attic

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On the shoulder, around the base of the neck, tongues; below, rays; at the top of the body of the lekythos, a dot net pattern; below, Scythian with a cap, wearing a chitoniskos, with a round shield over his left arm, holding a spear in his raised right hand; Herakles wearing a chitoniskos, with his lion skin tied around his neck, holding his club in his raised right hand and his left arm extended, confronting a draped warrior to left with a round shield over his left arm, and a spear in his raised right hand; in between Herakles and the warrior moving to left, a fallen warrior, with a spear and round shield, wearing a chitoniskos

Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask), Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask), Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta fragment of a lekythos (oil flask), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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