TOMB 16 (continuation)
The central niche on the right side had a Dionysian
painting too: two men with sheep-hooks
over their shoulder. Unfortunately, this one has been preserved
badly.
On the ground lies a fallen basket from which a snake has crawled.
The painting is completed by a goat with raised forelegs.
In this niche too was a peacock in the upper part.
In the niches next to the central niche, analogous to the niches
on the opposite wall, two women have been painted.
One of them is the third Fate carrying a balance.
The attributes of the other woman are not so clear. She could be
Fortuna, often depicted next to the Fates. Of this last painting
little has been preserved.
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