Terracotta loutrophoros (ceremonial vase for water), Archaic, late 6th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 18 13/16 in. (47.8 cm), Vases, On the body, obverse, six women at a bier; reverse, five men, On the neck, obverse, three women; reverse, three men. The most frequently represented part of Attic funerary ritual is the prothesis, the laying out of the deceased surrounded by mourners
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Terracotta loutrophoros, ceremonial vase, water, Archaic, late 6th century B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, black-figure, H, 18 13/16, 47.8 cm, Vases, body, obverse, six women, bier, reverse, five men, neck, three, frequently represented part, Attic funerary, ritual, prothesis, laying out, deceased surrounded, mourners
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