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Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Warriors; Lions

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Shoulder: A right facing siren flanked by two lions. Body: A scene with three (?) young warriors with spears, a woman, and a horseman. The warrior farthest to the left is nude, his cloak draped over his left arm, holding his spear in his right hand. He looks at a woman also facing right. A horseman rides his horse toward a figure of whom only the leg and right arm, with the tip of his spear, are preserved. Farthest to the right, a cloaked warrior stands holding his spear. Beneath handle: Written “Taleido eimi” (I belong to Taleides)
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of David M. Robinson
Title: Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Warriors; Lions
Description:
Shoulder: A right facing siren flanked by two lions.
Body: A scene with three (?) young warriors with spears, a woman, and a horseman.
The warrior farthest to the left is nude, his cloak draped over his left arm, holding his spear in his right hand.
He looks at a woman also facing right.
A horseman rides his horse toward a figure of whom only the leg and right arm, with the tip of his spear, are preserved.
Farthest to the right, a cloaked warrior stands holding his spear.
Beneath handle: Written “Taleido eimi” (I belong to Taleides).

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