from Attica, Greece
Pots such as this were originally used to hold wine, but were often reused to hold people's cremated remains. The depiction of a warrior leaving would be appropriate for a burial. The pot was made in Attica by an individual known as the Oreithyia Painter.
The pot is made of earthenware, with most of the surface coloured black and the figures shown in red.
In Classical Athens (around 475-325 BC), the dead were cremated and their ashes buried nearby in a container, in a marked grave. People did not make special urns, but reused various containers from the household.
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