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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