On right Hera stands to right, but looks to left, holding upright in her right a sceptre she wears a long sleeved chiton, bordered himation, a modius decorated with two rows of dots, and earrings. He looks back to right at Hermes, who runs to right, looking back and holding out in right his caduceus towards Ares he is beardless, with hair looped up over ears, petasos at back, chlamys, short tied chiton, and winged endromides. On the right of Pandora Ares moves to left in helmet, cuirass, short chiton, greaves, and mantle over arms, with shield (device, a four-spoked chariot-wheel, red on black) on left and spear in right his helmet has the cheek-pieces lowered, and a dolphin (silhouette) plunging to right on the crown.

Behind him Iris stands looking on, a youthful winged figure with short wavy hair, short tied chiton, and winged endromides, holding in her right a caduceus her left hand, passed across her chest, is laid on her right shoulder. Next on left is Poseidon, bearded and wreathed, in an himation, with trident upright in left and right resting on his hip he stands en face, but looks to left at Zeus, who, similarly dressed and wreathed, is seated towards him in a chair, holding sceptre in left and thunderbolt in right. Beside her, on left, Athene, in similar dress, with hair looped up, stephane, spear resting against her left shoulder, holds out in both hands towards Pandora a wreath. Pandora stands en face in the centre, a stiff and lifeless but complete figure of a woman, in long Doric chiton with apoptygma, fastened on each shoulder with a pin, with long hair and with a dotted fillet her feet are close together, her hands at sides, each holding a wreath.

Above the design is a moulding with conventionalised dart and lotus pattern. The friezes are divided by a band composed of pairs of maeanders separated by red cross squares and a band of the same pattern below a and b occupy the obverse and reverse of the upper frieze, and have nothing between them at either end c is below a and d below b between c and d at each end is a double palmette, forming an ornament behind the handles. The design forms two friezes around the body: on (a) above, the creation of Pandora, below, a chorus of Pans on (b) above, a chorus of women, below, a family of satyrs playing ball.

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