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Circular chlorite bowl carved on the outside with what appear to be mythological scenes. These include a central female figure, repeated twice, with long plaited hair and wearing a skirt decorated with incised cross-hatching, one clutching a pair of serpents with dragon-heads, gaping mouths and spotted bodies, and the other grasping the tails of what may be other serpents. Additional motifs include a scorpion; an antithetical pair of lions with their heads turned backwards to face one another; an antithetical pair of humped bulls standing facing left and right; and an up-ended bull being attacked by a lion and a vulture or similar large bird of prey. The top of the bowl has been lightly reworked and modified, presumably in antiquity, hence the irregular unfinished rim and truncation of the uppermost elements of the design composition.
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