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Situla. Designs in black on buff panels on the neck, with incised lines and accessories of purple. (a) In the centre, a winged male figure ending in a serpent, bearded, with short purple chiton, the head turned to right, holding a serpent in either hand; the wings start from his breast. The name of Typhon, or Boreas, has been suggested for this figure. At his right side is a plant with stiff leaves, and in the field crosses and dots. On either side is a square with borders of rosettes formed of discs surrounded by dots; in each square is a diamond filled in with a diaper-pattern. (b) In the centre, an erect male figure to right with wings starting from his breast, and short purple chiton , apparently letting loose two birds of prey upon a hare which stands on its hind-legs to right in front of him. Behind the hare stands a larger bird to right, and in the field above is a tettix (cicada?), also crosses and dots, as in (a). If the figure on the other side is Boreas, this may be one of his two sons, Zetes and Calais. On either side is a square, as on (a). The one on the left has a border of rosettes, as before; in it is a star of four points, shaded, with segments of circles and rows of dots filling up the angles; in the field, crosses and dots. The square on the right has borders of rosettes above and below, and down each side a chevron-pattern interspersed with dots; in it is a diamond filled in with diaper-pattern; in the field, patterns of crosses and dots, and in the angles of the square, segments of circles and rows of dots.
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