Pottery: black-figured lekythos (oil-flask). On the shoulder, palmettes; above the design, network. Two heroes (Achilles and Ajax?) casting lots before the statue of Athene: In the centre is the goddess, on a base of two steps, looking to left, with long hair, high-crested helmet, aegis with snakes in front, long chiton, folds indicated, spear in right hand, left extended. On either side of the base is a hero crouching down on one knee fully armed, with high-crested helmet, ornamented cuirass, that of the one on the right probably of linen, short striped chiton, greaves with incised volutes, and two spears, right hand extended to throw the dice. Behind each is his shield; the one on the left has a tripod as device, the other an ivy-wreath. --The British Museum, A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851
Pottery: black-figured lekythos (oil-flask). On the shoulder, palmettes; above the design, network. Two heroes (Achilles and Ajax?) casting lots before the statue of Athene: In the centre is the goddess, on a base of two steps, looking to left, with long hair, high-crested helmet, aegis with snakes in front, long chiton, folds indicated, spear in right hand, left extended. On either side of the base is a hero crouching down on one knee fully armed, with high-crested helmet, ornamented cuirass, that of the one on the right probably of linen, short striped chiton, greaves with incised volutes, and two spears, right hand extended to throw the dice. Behind each is his shield; the one on the left has a tripod as device, the other an ivy-wreath. --The British Museum, A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851