A nude hero, with a sheet draped over his shoulder and held behind him with his right hand, stands beside a tree, holding onto one of its branches with his left hand. In front of him on the ground is the corpse of a woman, lying at the base of a wall on which sits a bird - either an eagle or a vulture.
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