Terracotta vase in the shape of a cockerel, Archaic, ca. 650–600 B.C., Etruscan, Terracotta; bucchero, H. 4 1/16 in. (10.31 cm), Vases, This small vase, inscribed with the twenty-six letters of the Etruscan alphabet, may have been a container for ink. The head acts as a stopper and could be attached to the bird’s body by a cord. The missing tail no doubt curved downward to form a third foot
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Terracotta vase, shape, cockerel, Archaic, ca, 650–600 B.C, Etruscan, Terracotta, bucchero, H, 4 1/16, 10.31 cm, Vases, small, vase, inscribed, twenty-six letters, Etruscan alphabet, container, ink, head acts, stopper, attached, bird, body, cord, missing tail, no, doubt, curved, downward, form, third foot
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