Text, Painted terracotta sarcophagus and lid

European Museums, The British Museum

Geometric patterns painted on terracota sarcophagus and lid. Painted terracota sarcophagus and lid, decorated inside and out with scenes of horsemen, chariots, fights, animals and geometric patterns. Made in Clazomenae, near Smyrna (Izmir) about 500 B.C. Probably from Clazomenae


Extended swastika with sun-like design pattern on a terracotta sarcophagus
Genre:  500 B.C.

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Terracotta sarcophagus, extended swastika, solar symbol


Extended swastika with sun-like design pattern on a terracotta sarcophagus.Geometric patterns...

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