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Facing him is a female figure, with hair in a knot, ampyx, earrings, necklace, and long girt chiton with stripe down the side, holding out a wreath to him between them is a stele or meta.

(b) Crowning of a victorious athlete: The athlete is beardless, with himation over left arm and strigil in right hand he stands to right, holding out a phiale in left hand. On the right is a female figure (Hebe ?) to left, with hair gathered in an embroidered opisthosphendone, earrings, necklace, bracelets, and long girt chiton with stripe down the side she holds out a large phiale in right hand, in which are two branches, and in her left is a white prochoos. In the centre over the altar stands a beardless male figure to left, perhaps Heracles he has slight whiskers, a wreath, himation round lower limbs and over left arm, and club in left hand in right he holds out the sacrificial knife over the bull's head. A fire is kindled on it, and on the side are three splashes of blood (?) above it hang two bucrania, to one of which a chaplet of beads is attached. The altar is oblong, and painted white it stands on two steps, and has a cornice with egg-moulding, and an upright block at each end. A chaplet of beads hangs from the horns of the bull, one of which is represented as gilded. (a) Sacrifice of a bull: On the left is Nike to right, with hair in a knot, radiated ampyx, earrings, bracelets, and long girt chiton, on the further side of the bull, whom she leads up to the altar, placing a wreath on his head. Above the designs, laurel-wreath below, maeander and crosses below the handles, palmettes. Pottery: red-figured bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water).ĭesigns red on black ground, with accessories of white and yellow.

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