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1280500001
Description
Body sherd of Attic Black Figure pottery open vessel, possibly a krater; interior: glazed black; exterior: at far left, black figure decoration consisting of part of figure, possibly Theseus, to right; (nose, lips, chin, part of neck, torso, left upper arm, right hand and forearm remaining) and wearing flecked animal skin over chiton with dots in added red; scabbard with incised diagonals), to right; sword in right hand, left arm extended behind Minotaur’s head (part of head and horn, neck in red, black chest remaining) and facing, to left.
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