Battle over the body of a fallen hero
Red-figure eye-kylix (type A). Attic.
Signed by the potter and the painter Exekias.
Clay.
Ca. 530 BCE.
H. 13.6, diam. 30.5 cm. Inv. Nos. 2044 / 8729 / J 339 / KM 3179.Munich, State Antique CollectionPhoto by Egisto Sani

Battle over the body of a fallen hero.

Red-figure eye-kylix (type A). Attic.
Signed by the potter and the painter Exekias.
Clay.
Ca. 530 BCE.
H. 13.6, diam. 30.5 cm.
Inv. Nos. 2044 / 8729 / J 339 / KM 3179.

Munich, State Antique Collection
(München, Staatliche Antikensammlungen).

Vulci.
Origin:
From Vulci.
Credits:
(cc) 2015. Photo, text: Egisto Sani (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).
© 2019. Description (2): www.perseus.tufts.edu.
Add. information: http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk.
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