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Note: For the first time in Greek art, specific artists can be identified by their style and technique. This funerary vessel, also from the Dipylon cemetery, was also painted by the so-called Dipylon Painter, and shows a prothesis scene. In the second level, a procession of chariots and warriors has been added - note the shape of the warriors' shields. This shape, which preceded the round hoplite shield and was made of layered animal hides, is known as a cut-out shield, and was the type described in the Iliad as the type used by the Homeric heroes.

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