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Orpheus-mosaic,found in Palermo,Piazza della Vittoria, in Edifizio A,the seat of a Dionysian fraternity. First half 3rd CE. NI 2287
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Orpheus-mosaic,found in Palermo,Piazza della Vittoria, in Edifizio A,the seat o...

Silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, mint of Amphipolis 336-323 BCE. The silver coins, with the head of Heracles on one side and a seated figure of Zeus on the other (as seen here), became one of the staple coinages of the Greek world. Inscription:"Alexandros". CM, 1921-1-9-6
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Silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, mint of Amphipolis 336-323 BCE. The s...

Gold plaques showing Artemis as "Mistress of the Animals", Greek, Orientalizing period, 660-620 BCE. The seven gold plaques are of sheet gold and were designed to be worn at the top edge of a garment with the rosettes pinned at the shoulders. The goddess tames wild animals at each hand. Pomegranates, a symbol of fertility, hang from the bottom of each plaque. GR 1861.11-11.1,3
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Gold plaques showing Artemis as "Mistress of the Animals", Greek, Orientalizing...

Jug with a griffin-head spout, 675-650 BCE. Made on one of the islands of the Cyclades, perhaps Paros, found on Aigina. The potting, the modelling of the griffin's head and the painted decoration of the vase are of the highest quality. Griffins, fabulous animals, come from the Near East. Like sphinxes, the are guardians and protetors of the dead. GR 1873.8-20.385
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Jug with a griffin-head spout, 675-650 BCE. Made on one of the islands of the Cy...

Black-figured "Siana" cup, Greek, 575-550 BCE. Both sides of this cup show activities that may be interpreted as rituals in honour of Demeter, a goddess mostly concerned with women's lives, agriculture and fertility. The first man whom Demeter had taught to plough was Bouzyges and members of that Athenian family performed an annual ceremony at the foot of the Acropolis. GR 1906.12-15.1
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Black-figured "Siana" cup, Greek, 575-550 BCE. Both sides of this cup show activ...

Red-figured rhyton (driking horn), signed by the potter Sotades, 470-460 BCE, from the Brygos tomb at Capua, Campania, Italy. The sphinx was coated in fine,white slip. The red-figure scenes on the cup show Kekrops, the legendary, snake-bodied king of Athens. The spout between the front legs of the sphinx was closed, probably with a finger, while the cup was filled and the wine then allowed to flow out, from a considerable height, into a cup or bowl below. GR 1873.8-20,265
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Red-figured rhyton (driking horn), signed by the potter Sotades, 470-460 BCE, fr...

Perfume bottle (aryballos) with lion-head made in Corinth, Greece; Protocorinthian, around 640 BCE. Despite its tiny size, the figure scene on this perfume bottle shows seventeen fully-armed warriors, each armed with plumed helmet,spear and blazoned shield. Scenes below show a horse-race and a hare-hunt. GR, 1889.4-18.1
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Perfume bottle (aryballos) with lion-head made in Corinth, Greece; Protocorinthi...

Terracotta chariot group from tomb 93, Enkomi, Cyprus, Mycenean, ca, 1300 BCE. A pair of horses pulls a chariot carrying a charioteer. The chariot has been simplified; it has no wheels and is attached to the hindquarters of the horses. GR 1897.4-1.535
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Terracotta chariot group from tomb 93, Enkomi, Cyprus, Mycenean, ca, 1300 BCE. A...

Bowl with basket-like handles and female heads on the rim, Greek, ca.600 BCE. The message scratched into the rim records its dedication to Aphrodite by a man named Sostratos. The bowl was found in the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Naukratis, a Greek trading settlement in the Nile Delta, where the Greeks were free to worship their own gods. Gr 1888.6-1.456
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Bowl with basket-like handles and female heads on the rim, Greek, ca.600 BCE. Th...

Pottery bowl decorated with a procession of riders in chariots, Mycenean, 1400-1300 BCE. From Maroni,Cyprus. This vase is a fine example of Mycenean pictorial Style pottery. Such vases were popular exports from Mycenean Greece to Cyprus, where many of them have been found. GR, 1911.4-28.1
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Pottery bowl decorated with a procession of riders in chariots, Mycenean, 1400-1...

Vase decorated with bulls and birds, Mycenean, from tomb 83, Enkomi,Cyprus, 1300-1200 BCE. It shows a cattle-egret removing a tick from the hide of a bull. The reverse side shows a bull with a bird inthe air abive it. This vase is a fine example of Mycenean pottery;large numbers of Mycenean Pictorial Style vases were made on the Greek mainland and exported to Cyprus, where this one was found. GR 1897.4-1.1150
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Vase decorated with bulls and birds, Mycenean, from tomb 83, Enkomi,Cyprus, 1300...

Bowl with a Gorgon's head surrounded by prowling animals, from Kamiros, Rhodes, made in Corinth. A frieze of panthers, deer, two sphinxes and a siren surround the staring face of the Gorgo Medusa. According to Greek legend, anyone who looked at the face of the Gorgo was instantly turned to stone. It seems likely, that such vessels also fulfilled an apotropaic function, warding off the evil eye from the user of the vessel. GR, 1861.4-25.46
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Bowl with a Gorgon's head surrounded by prowling animals, from Kamiros, Rhodes,...