Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Warriors; Lions

Artists

Description

Shoulder: A right facing siren flanked by two lions. Body: A scene with three (?) young warriors with spears, a woman, and a horseman. The warrior farthest to the left is nude, his cloak draped over his left arm, holding his spear in his right hand. He looks at a woman also facing right. A horseman rides his horse toward a figure of whom only the leg and right arm, with the tip of his spear, are preserved. Farthest to the right, a cloaked warrior stands holding his spear. Beneath handle: Written “Taleido eimi” (I belong to Taleides)

Dimensions

25.5 x 13 cm (10 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)