Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop
Funerary Krater
This object is from the 750-735 BCE. This was traditionally placed as grave markers. Traditionally they were used as funerary records describing the funeral of the specific deceased body. Here we see a large vase decorated with drawings, in register format, of deceased layed out surrounded by family members and mourners. The dead man is the shown in profile, and the traditional checkered shroud has been raised and shaped into a long rectangle with two projections. Below, we see a procession of chariots and soldiers, referring to the military exploits of the dead man. In the Bronze Age, hourglass shields and chariots were a limited objects at the time, the scene most likely refers to the ancestors and traditions that this man belonged to.
