No C 48
Rome, Città del Vaticano, Museo Vaticano 359
Black-figure amphora from Vulci
Group E
A man is seated on a folding stool. He is represented with
head and legs in profile to the right, the body diagonally.
Seated he is almost as tall as the surrounding standing figures.
The right forearm is extended almost horizontally forward, with
clenched hand. The left forearm is extended obliquely upward,
the hand holding a staff. The man has a pointed
beard and short-cropped hair with a headband.
There are three other persons on the picture. At the right
stand a woman, the right arm extended obliquely downward, with
palm turned inward and extended fingers, the left forearm
extended almost horizontally forward, with clenched hand, and
a man dressed in chiton and himation, which covers his arms
completely. At the left stands a man, dressed in chiton and
himation, the right forearm extended almost horizontally
forward, with clenched hand, the left arm raised, with palm
turned inward and extended fingers. His staff stands against
the wall.
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