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Agrigento: Relief of Nike and chariot on ritual vessel (6th-5th c. BC)
Agrigento: Relief of Nike and chariot (Mus.Agrigento; photo Athena Review 2004) | ||
Frequent examples have been found in Agrigento of reliefs stamped on the rims of louteria, basins used for ritual washing. These date to the 6th-5th centuries BC.This relief from a louterion shows alternating scenes of a running Nike and a four-horse chariot (quadriga). |
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