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Etruscan Geometric Amphora
Ceramic Etruscan amphora in geometric style with cranes, attributed to the Crane painter. First quarter 7th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum, Milan)
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Red-Figure Pottery
Red-figure Pottery is a style of Greek vase painting invented in Athens c. 530 BCE. The style has drawn red figures and a painted black background. Red-Figure Pottery grew in popularity, and by the early 5th century BCE it had all but replaced...
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Stamped Rhodesian Amphora Handle from Jordan
Stamps on pottery vessels may refer to the makers or owners. They may also be trademarks that record capacity or content. The handles of amphorae from the Mediterranean island of Rhodes carried stamps indicating the quality of their contents...
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Dipylon Amphora, c. 755-750 B.C.E.
Dipylon Amphora, c. 755-750 B.C.E., ceramic, 160 cm (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker & Dr. Beth Harris
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Trade in the Byzantine Empire
Trade and commerce were essential components of the success and expansion of the Byzantine Empire. Trade was carried out by ship over vast distances, although for safety, most sailing vessels were restricted to the better weather conditions...
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The Olive in the Ancient Mediterranean
Olives and olive oil were not only an important component of the ancient Mediterranean diet but also one of the most successful industries in antiquity. Cultivation of the olive spread with Phoenician and Greek colonization from Asia Minor...
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The Portland Vase
The Portland Vase is a Roman two-handled glass amphora dating to between the second half of the 1st century BCE and the early 1st century CE. The vase has a cameo-like effect decoration which perhaps depicts the marriage of Peleus and Thetis...
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Amphora showing a boxing contest
Black-figured amphora showing a boxing contest, made in Athens about 550-500 BCE, signed by the potter Nikosthenes, from Agrigento (Sicily). The boxers wearing himantes (leather thongs bound on the fist) are about to exchange blows. The boxer...
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Attic Black-figure Amphora
An Attic black-figure neck-amphora (540-530 BCE) depicting Hercules wearing his lion skin and engaged in one of his celebrated 12 labours. The hero wrestles the hind of Keryneia and is breaking off one of its golden horns. On the left stands...
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Amphora with Warrior and Dog
Attic amphora, 510-500 BCE
Departure of a warrior. In the centre a young warrior stands to left facing a bearded archer in Phrygian costume, who looks down as if in grief. At his feet lies a large hound of mastiff breed, looking up at him.