Squat Lekythos (oil flask): Warriors; Lions
active mid 6th century BCE
The Taleides Painter
Greek
Shoulder: A right facing siren flanked by two lions.
Body: A scene with three (?) young warriors with spears, a woman, and a horseman. The warrior farthest to the left is nude, his cloak draped over his left arm, holding his spear in his right hand. He looks at a woman also facing right. A horseman rides his horse toward a figure of whom only the leg and right arm, with the tip of his spear, are preserved. Farthest to the right, a cloaked warrior stands holding his spear.
Beneath handle: Written “Taleido eimi” (I belong to Taleides)
Terracotta
Archaic period