Terracotta fragment of a bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Not on view
Obverse, draped woman, wearing a chiton, and himation, with a diadem In her hair, seated on a chair, holding a scroll in both hands; on the scroll, four lines of text (on the first line, ARLI; on the second line, LE??; on the third line, KNI: on the fourth line, EI?); part of a column; draped male to left, holding a staff, with leaves, in his right hand; in between the observe and reverse, four fronds of a palmette and a tendril; Reverse, lower drapery and frontal left foot of a woman wearing a chiton and himation; stick, bit of drapery and feet of a male to left; lower drapery and feet of a woman to right wearing a chiton; lower drapery, calves and frontal feet of a male wearing a himation, with a stick; at the right, part of a palmette frond from the ornament; below the figures, the ground line is comprised of a meander with cross squares with dots in the corners
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