A procession of four initiates is walking towards Kabeiros. The faces of the figures on the left are rather grotesque. A woman carries a krater and turns to another woman behind her. A man holds a stick, aryballos and strigil (a tool for the cleaning the body by scraping off dirt, perspiration, and oil that was applied before bathing, primarily used by male athletes) making a prayer gesture with his right hand and having his mouth open. A child is completely wrapped in his himation. On the right, a large Kabeiros is lying on a kline (bed) holding a cornucopia (horn of plenty). At his feet there is a bull, possibly for sacrifice. Above the stage is decorated by a garland of vines.
Caption Kabeiric black-figure skyphos with a scene of a procession of initiates walking toward Kabeiros
Mythic people Cabeiri (Divinities)
Type Clay object
Artist/Creator Kabeiros Painter
Origin Kabeirion, Thebes
Current position National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Index number Α 10466
Dating 350-335 BC
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