Wine Vase with Berenice II

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by J. Paul Getty Museum
published on 21 May 2019

Wine Vase with Berenice II — Berenice II (c. 266 - 221 BCE) is represented as Agathe Tyche, the goddess of Good Fortune, on a type of faience wine vase called oinochoe (Alexandria, ca. 245-200 BCE, Getty inv. 96.AI.58).

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