Funerary objects from a Greek tomb of 5th century BCE Emporion (Empúries), Catalonia, Spain.

FUNERAL SET FROM A GREEK TOMB
OF EMPÒRION

Borrow from burial no. 43 of the necropolis
Bonjoan d'Empúries, dating from the early 5th century BC.

4-8. Attic black-figured pottery lecitos
Vessels for containing ointments and perfumed oils, decorated with figurative scenes attributed to the group of the Painter of Haimon.

9. Terracotta zoomorphic figurines
In the shape of turtles and a wild boar.

10. Glass paste flasks
Vessels for containing perfumes, in the shape of arybal and alabaster.

11. Bronze ornament
Chain links, with a ball-shaped appendage.

Exhibited at the Catalan Museum of Archaeology, Barcelona, Spain. Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya (MAC).

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