tomb model (model)

Cork model of a 4th century BC chamber tomb. It has a rectangular structure with two triangular projections on either end, a door cut through one side (closed). It has two rectangular pieces which fit onto the top as the roof (separate). The inside depicts a fresco on the walls - only one side along the length shows a scene of three male figures. One stands dresssed in a robe. The other two hold shields and arrows and face each other fighting. One wears a short skirt, the other a yellow belt. The figures are all bearded, and painted with orange, yellow, pink, white and black paint. There is a scrolled frieze design underneath their feet.
In the centre of the tomb there is a skeleton with a black trap across its centre. There is a black helmet lying near its head. Placed around the edge of the skeleton were 7 model clay vases/ vessels (now detached). (amphorae, jugs, 2 cups, lekythos etc). Three are red figure showing designs of warriors, a winged person offering an object to a bird, with meander design and lined friezes around the neck. The other four are black glazed, mostly plain with thin red bands around top sometimes. One shows four figures in red.

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