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Description: | Black figure shoulder-lekythos with disc foot, broad body leading into a narrow neck with a wide rim around the small circular opening at the top.It has a small looped handle on one side of the neck. Rim, handle and the bottom two thirds of the body are black glazed. Decoration of palmettes and circles on shoulder. Main scene on the body depicts three male and two female figures as well as the mytical figure of the Minotaur (half man and half bull monster) In the centre of the scene is rapresented the myth of Theseus killing the Minotaur with a sword. On either side there are female figures stood clad in robes, behind them male figures, one holding a staff.. The first figure on the right is Ariadne holding a ball of string. | Subjects: | Greece Europe Southern Europe | Source: | Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.foreignarchaeology.85869 | Go to resource |
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