Terracotta loutrophoros (ceremonial vase for water), Archaic, late 6th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 27 3/4 in. (70.5 cm), Vases, Prothesis (laying out of the dead); below, horsemen, On the neck, mourners. Loutrophoroi were used to fetch water for the bridal bath and for certain funerary rites. This vase may have been used in rituals at the grave, for it was made with no bottom so that offerings poured into it could reach the dead under ground
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Terracotta loutrophoros, ceremonial vase, water, Archaic, late 6th century B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, black-figure, H, 27 3/4, 70.5 cm, Vases, Prothesis, laying out, dead, horsemen, neck, mourners, Loutrophoroi, fetch water, bridal bath, certain funerary rites, vase, rituals, grave, no bottom, offerings poured, reach, dead under, ground
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