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1613046562
Description
Clazomenian terracotta sarcophagus. Face only preserved. Headpiece, two sphinxes confronting across a floral ornament. Upper corner strip, egg and dart. Upper panel, helmeted head: above and below it, a border of broken meander, open cable, and broken meander. Sidepiece, cable and palmette. Lower panel, floral ornament (lotus flower with two half-palmettes): above it, band of broken meander. Lower corner strip, left - broken meander, right - meander. Footpiece, two lions confronted. Edges: outside, undecorated; inside, oblique blobs.
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