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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

 

 

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Uploaded on December 23, 2013
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