Red-Figure Psykter Showing Revellers (Illustration)

Illustration

by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 24 October 2016

Red-Figure Psykter Showing Revellers — Greek wine was chilled by letting it stand in a psykter, which was in turn placed in a wine-mixing bowl filled with cold water or snow. Greek, made in Athens around 510 BCE. Attributed to the Dikaios Painter. From the Pourtales Collection. (The British Museum, London).

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Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Red-Figure Psykter Showing Revellers