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Giant storage vase from the Palace of Mallia, Crete, found near the northern entrance. The surface decorations copy the ropes employed to move these heavy terracotta vessels.
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Giant storage vase from the Palace of Mallia, Crete, found near the northern en...

Sacrificial basin in the anteroom of the throne room, palace of Knossos, Heraklion, Crete
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Sacrificial basin in the anteroom of the throne room, palace of Knossos, Herakli...

Store-room and storage jars in the west wing of the Minoan palace of Knossos, Crete.
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Store-room and storage jars in the west wing of the Minoan palace of...

Water reservoir at the silver washing plant near the silver mines of Lavrion. Storage receptacles. The precious metals sank and were retained in the cups.
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Water reservoir at the silver washing plant near the silver mi...

The Goddess Nyx (or a fury?) throws a vase around which coils a snake. The flowing folds of her robe are crossed by pleats caused by folding the dress. Zeus Altar of Pergamon erected around 180 BCE by Eumenes II.
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The Goddess Nyx (or a fury?) throws a vase around which coils a snake. The flowi...

Provision jars in the cellars of the Royal Palace of Knossos. Height: 160 cm.
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Provision jars in the cellars of the Royal Palace of K...

Amphora (around 4th BCE) - imported from Greece.
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Amphora (around 4th BCE) - imported from Greece.

Circe hands the magic potion to Ulysses and his companions which will change the companions into pigs. Attic black-figured lekythos(1st quarter 5th BCE) Height 28.5 cm Inv. 1133
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Circe hands the magic potion to Ulysses and his companions which wil...

Phaeacian banquet in honour of Ulysses (Symposion). Attic red-figured column crater (2nd quarter 5th BCE). 46.5 cm high Inv. IV 842
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Phaeacian banquet in honour of Ulysses (Symposion). Attic red-figured column...

Ulysses as archer. Attic red-figured skyphos (about 450-440 BCE) 19.5 x 22.5 cm Inv. 2588 (2522)
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Ulysses as archer. Attic red-figured skypho...

A storage jar from the Palace of Knossos, Crete, Greece
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A storage jar from the Palace of Knossos, Crete, Greece

Akrotiri on Thera Island, Greece, destroyed by a volca- nic catastrophe around 1450 BCE. Various pots were ex- cavated in a room, perhaps a kitchen, containing food particles, even sprouting beans, thus dating the eruption in late spring or early summer.
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Akrotiri on Thera Island, Greece, destroyed by a volca- nic catastrophe around 1...