Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna: Amphora with a distinct neck of Attic manufacture with black figures, with lid. Departure for war of a hoplite who bids farewell to his parents flanked by a Scythian archer.From the Arnoaldi burial ground, tomb 80. Inv. 17832.The Scythian Archers were a hypothetical police force of Athens in the 5th to early 4th century BC, documented in Greek literature and some works of art. It is said to have been an armed corps consisting of 300 Scythian public slaves; it was responsible for maintaining public order and carrying out urban policing duties.
