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The Issa collection of the Archaeological Museum in Split holds a red-fi gure oinochoe decorated with a comic scene. This vessel came to light as a grave good of grave 168, discovered during the 1983 rescue excavation of the Hellenistic necropolis of Issa, located on Vlaška njiva in modern Vis. It can be added to the known body of the so-called phlyax vases, and is the first and thus far the only such example from Croatia. After a synthesis of the available and most current knowledge on the aforementioned group of vessels, the author presents the results of an in-depth study of the oinochoe from Issa, including the possible significance of the depicted image, setting it in its cultural context. The oinochoe features one of the most chronologically recent red-fi gure comic scenes, expanding knowledge of the application of the comic repertoire in regional red-figure production. This is followed by further discussion on certain aspects of Issaean cultural facets that are emerging from the evidence of mortuary practices, including the possible connection between comedy and death as indicated by grave depositions of objects associated with the world of comedy (a phlyax oinochoe and a comic mask). |
