Description:
Clay urn for the ashes of a deceased person with relief sculpture on the front side Echetlaeus, a peasant hero who fought for the Athenians with his ploughshare at the Battle of Marathon, killing many Persians; other sides are unornamented. There is no related lid for this piece.

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