Ship facing right, with a low flat hull, massive square bow with a concave post integrating the bow projection, and a high curving stem with a single steering oar. The forecastle is painted as a solid rectangle that appears integrated to the bow, while the aftercastle is an open balustrade with horizontal rails, drawn as a rectangle divided down the middle by two perpendicular lines. The stempost terminates in a horn that inclines forward, then sharply backwards parallel to the hull. The single horizontal line above the hull represents the railing, with the two connected by seven vertical strokes which protrude above the line to depict tholepins. The mast is slightly forward from amidships, with the yard raised to its very top which is at the same height as the stem and stern extremities. There are two braces, one connecting each end of the yard to the fore- and aftercastles, while two other lines running inwards from the yard end to the foot of the mast are most likely brailing ropes.

This hydriskos is now lost, but comes from the same tomb as the previous cup. Two ships stern to stern, separated by a fish in frieze surrounding the shoulder of the vase. The right ship is the only one fully visible on the surviving photo, the stern of the other appears to depict an identical ship.

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