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This seal stone depicts a religious scene perhaps involving priestesses or worshippers in rich attire approaching a shrine, illustrating the owner was most likely religious themselves. Given that the ring is very narrow, even for a slim female…

Kraters such as this one were used to mix wine with water, often for symposiums where they served as conversation starters and status symbols. This krater depicts Eos, the goddess of dawn, preceded by Hermes who shows her the way, alluding to the…

Painted by Douris, this lekythos, an oil flask used for baths and funerary offerings, depicts a youth being pursued by two Erotes. According to the inscription, the vase belonged to someone named Asopodorus. The inclusion of the name of the vase’s…

This epinetron, a semi-cylindrical clay object used for carding wool, is attributed to the Eretria Painter. On the long sides, scenes of the mythical wedding of Alkestis. One side shows Alkestis the day after the wedding, epaulia in Greek, with Theo,…

Known as the “mask of Agamemnon,” this mask is actually dated hundreds of years before the mythical king would have lived. Nonetheless, this funerary mask is deeply personal to the man’s face that it would have been attached to. Two holes near the…

Despite looking like an intimidating warrior’s helmet, this boar’s tusk helmet would not have been functional at all in battle. It speaks more to the skills of the hunter who would have had to kill multiple boars in order to collect enough tusks to…