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Pottery: black-figured alabastron. Design black on drab ground, with incised lines. Above, chequer-pattern. Gigantomachia: A quadriga at full speed to right, the charioteer bearded, with long chiton and Boeotian shield, holding goad and reins; by his side is Athene stepping forward on to the pole; she has a high-crested helmet, aegis extended on left arm, and long chiton, and thrusts with her spear. Beneath the horses is a giant (Enkelados?) fallen back, looking to left, fully armed, with voluted cuirass, shield and spear. The design is bounded by a meta (?).
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