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Pottery: red-figured cup. Interior: fight. A youthful warrior, wearing a black Attic helmet (reserved zigzag and two rows of dots on crest-holder; spiral on cheek piece) and greaves, with a chlamys (two-line border) draped over his shoulders and holding his striped scabbard with its red strap in his left hand, almost straddles his opponent as he plunges his sword into his belly. The dying warrior sinks to his knees on the left. He is bearded and wears a short chiton and cuirass, as well as being equipped with a double-crested Chalcidian helmet with a black caul, a shield (decorated with an ivy wreath) and greaves. His head and torso are frontal, his legs in profile. Red blood pours from the wound in his stomach. His teeth are shown and his eyes are beginning to turn up into his head; his sword arm seems to have lost its strength.Border: two reserved lines.Relief contours throughout; dilute glaze for minor interior markings; added red for inscription.
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