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Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich, Germany
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Description	Deutsch: Kantharos. Schlangen auf den Henkeln kennzeichnen das Gefäß als Totengut. Die Ornamente — Schlangenband, Hakenkreuz, Blattstern — sind bildhaft komponiert. Attisch, um 780 v. Chr. English: Kantharos. The snakes on handles mark a funerary present. Ornamentations—snakes frieze, swastikas and spangled flowers—have a symbolic value. Attica, ca. 780 BC. Français : Canthare. Les serpents sur les anses désignent un présent funéraire. Les décorations — frise serpentiforme, croix gammées et fleurs étoilées — ont une valeur symbolique. Attique, v. 780 av. J.-C.
Accession number	Inv. 8501
Location	Room 1
Photographer/source	User:Bibi Saint-Pol, own work, 2007-02-09

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