On the reverse of this loutrophoros is a funerary scene: a naiskos, or grave monument, frames a young woman—presumed to be the deceased—holding a ball of thread, while visitors approach bearing offerings. The clearly funerary context gives reason to reconsider the Zeus and Leda scene on the front, which may serve as more than a mythological tableau; it could be engaging with ideas of transition and mortality. In Apulian vase-painting, scenes of divine abduction or seduction are often used as symbolic responses to death, offering consolation through myth. The presence of Eleusis further deepens this reading, her connection to rites promising a blessed afterlife reinforcing the vessel’s role in mourning and remembrance.