One of the most spectacular discoveries from fourth century Macedonia is this bronze krater, or urn, which was unearthed in 1962 at Derveni, a few miles northwest of Thessalonike. Almost three feet high and weighing 88 pounds, it is elaborately decorated with scenes of a Dionysiac celebration. Typically the krater, a large, open-necked vase, was the centerpiece at a symposium, for it held the wine that was served to the participants. When excavated, this krater contained the cremated remains of a person, perhaps the man named in the inscription: "Astion son of Anaxagoras from Larissa."