Extispicy II
Extispicy or the science of reading the entrails of the sacrificed animals. A warrior with helmet, spear and shield decorated with a white flying eagle, is standing in front of a youth holding the liver of a sacrificed animal. They watch it carefully. An old man with scepter and a woman attend to the scene.
Attic black-figure amphora
Made in Athens
About 510 BC
According to the style of The Antimenes Painter
From Etruria
Florence, Museo Archeologico Etrusco
Extispicy II
Extispicy or the science of reading the entrails of the sacrificed animals. A warrior with helmet, spear and shield decorated with a white flying eagle, is standing in front of a youth holding the liver of a sacrificed animal. They watch it carefully. An old man with scepter and a woman attend to the scene.
Attic black-figure amphora
Made in Athens
About 510 BC
According to the style of The Antimenes Painter
From Etruria
Florence, Museo Archeologico Etrusco