Terracotta funerary plaque late 7th century Greek, Attic Prothesis (laying out of the dead)During the Archaic period, burial shafts in Attica were often covered by solid, rectangular, house-like structures with plastered mud-brick walls and slightly sloping roofs. A series of terracotta plaques showing different stages of the funeral were probably set into the outer walls. In this very early example, the deceased is shown lying on a bier surrounded by Terracotta funerary plaque. Greek, Attic. late 7th century Terracotta; black-figure. Archaic. Terracottas

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