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Fragment at the Getty," in
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125:. The dedications were sometimes made by
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67:technique, though early examples may be
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121:had functions pertaining to
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220:Clark, Elston, and Hart,
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554:Funerary and religious
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169:References
127:wet nurses
69:red-figure
648:Epinetron
505:Aryballos
477:Tableware
350:Kantharos
273:Milky Way
224:, p. 116.
133:. In the
131:afterlife
597:Calathus
566:Lekythos
520:Lekythos
484:Pinakion
456:Cookware
421:Hydriske
380:Oenochoe
152:See also
115:Hercules
51:) is an
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627:Stamnos
592:Amphora
585:Storage
400:Skyphos
390:Psykter
370:Lakaina
360:Kyathos
340:Amphora
163:Eye-cup
622:Situla
617:Pithos
612:Pelike
576:Phiale
561:Kernos
535:Pelike
530:Lydion
447:Krater
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416:Hydria
395:Rhyton
385:Pelike
375:Mastos
345:Kotyle
99:Mastoi
84:mastos
73:mastos
49:mastoi
44:mastos
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636:Other
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602:Chuta
540:Pyxis
510:Askos
468:Lebes
463:Chuta
442:Dinos
365:Kylix
111:Diana
92:kylix
18:Masto
139:Juno
113:and
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