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Chiusi
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Chiusi

Chiusi (Etruscan name: Clevsin, Roman: Clusium), located in central Italy, was an important Etruscan town from the 7th to 2nd century BCE. Relations with the Romans famously soured when the king of Chiusi, Lars Porsenna, attacked Rome at...
The Hymn to Ninkasi, Goddess of Beer
Article by Joshua J. Mark

The Hymn to Ninkasi, Goddess of Beer - A Praise Song and Ancient Beer Recipe

The Hymn to Ninkasi is at once a song of praise to Ninkasi, the Sumerian goddess of beer, and an ancient recipe for brewing (though this claim has been challenged). Written down circa 1800 BCE, the hymn is no doubt much older, as evidenced...
Black-figured amphora (wine-jar) signed by Exekias as potter and attributed to him as painter
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Black-figured amphora (wine-jar) signed by Exekias as potter and attributed to him as painter

Greek, about 540-530 BC Made in Athens, Greece; found at Vulci (now in Lazio, Italy) Achilles killing the Amazon Queen Penthesilea Penthesilea brought her Amazon warriors to help the Trojans defend their city, but was killed in combat...
Circe On a 490–480 BCE Oil Jar, Athens-National Archaeological Museum
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Circe On a 490–480 BCE Oil Jar, Athens-National Archaeological Museum

Circe and Odysseus, white-ground lekythos by the Athena Painter, ca. 490–480 BCE. From Eretria. National Archaeological Museum in Athens, 1133.
Chavin Stirrup-spouted Jar
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Chavin Stirrup-spouted Jar

A Chavin stirrup-spouted vessel depicting a jaguar and cactus. 900-200 BCE. (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA)
Amphora, Wine Storage Jar
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Amphora, Wine Storage Jar

A black-figure drinking scene on an amphora. Amphorae are a particular type of storage vessel which were used for the storage and transportation of liquids, mainly wine. They were usually ceramic and can be dated back to the neolithic period...
Drawing of a Jar Found in Kuntillet Ajrud
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Drawing of a Jar Found in Kuntillet Ajrud

Found in the northeast part of the Sinai Peninsula, the 8th-century BCE Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions are written in Hebrew and translate as ‘Yahweh and his Asherah’. 
Alabaster Jar of Sargon II
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Alabaster Jar of Sargon II

The cuneiform inscription on this alabaster vessel mentions that it belongs to king Sargon II. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Sargon II, 721-705 BCE. From the North-West Palace at Nimrud, Northern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (British Museum...
Maya Spouted Jar
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Maya Spouted Jar

This spouted vessel is one of the most elegantly sculpted stone containers in the corpus of Maya art. Its form with the vertical spout parallel to the central axis of the main chamber is known from the late 1st millennium B.C. and is especially...
Glass Jar of Sargon II
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Glass Jar of Sargon II

This glass vessel was carved out of a solid block and the center was drilled out thereafter. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Sargon II, 721-705 BCE. From the North-West Palace at Nimrud, Northern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (British Museum...
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