All participants wear wreaths, except for Ariadne who holds one in her hand (probably, just received from the god). Behind Dionysus, two figures advancing in a procession are depicted: a bearded Silenus playing the auloi (the double flute) and a maenad clad in a long sleeveless chiton, also with her head covered by a sakkos both her arms are lifted as if she plays the krotala (not depicted as the added paint is lost). Behind her, a young, tall, and athletically muscular Pan (identified by his tail and horns) moving in the opposite direction but turning his head toward the center and raising his arm in a greeting gesture. She is wearing bracelets her hair is arranged with a cap, the sakkos. Her upper torso is bare, and a himation with multiple soft folds covers her hips and legs. The god is offering a drinking cup, a kantharos, to a young woman seated in front of him, most probably, his consort Ariadne. On side A, six figures are represented, among them Dionysus, nude, with long locks over his shoulders, a leaning thyrsos on the side and a folded cloak overlapping his left thigh. The bell- krater has an egg-and-dart pattern on the rim, a stylized leave wreath below it, palmettes and egg-and-dart pattern at the handles, and a Greek key ornament on the lower part of the body to serve as the ground line for the human figures.
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