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amphora (jar) Greek, Attic ca. 480–470 BCE Fragment of a terracotta calyx-krater
The ancient Greeks were active seafarers seeking opportunities for trade and founding new independent cities at coastal sites across the Mediterranean Sea.
monster) Greek, Cretan or South Italian 2nd half of the 7th century BCE Terracotta krater
In addition to childbearing, the weaving of fabric and managing the household were the principal responsibilities of a Greek woman. Young women, however, had some mobility in antiquity.
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) Amasis Painter ca. 550–530 BCE Terracotta column-krater
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loan of silver Old Assyrian Trading Colony ca. 20th–19th century BCE Terracotta krater
The Greeks believed that at the moment of death the psyche, or spirit of the dead, left the body as a little breath or puff of wind. The deceased was then prepared for burial according to time-honored rituals.
man and two standing figures Greek late 4th–early 3rd century BCE Terracotta krater
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neck-amphora (jar) with lid and knob (27.16) Exekias ca. 540 BCE Terracotta column-krater
–A.D. 1 Bronze man and centaur ca. 750 BCE Terracotta krater Attributed to the
During the Late Bronze Age, Cyprus was also an important center for the manufacture of works of art that show an amalgam of local and foreign influences. Stylistic features and iconographic elements borrowed from Egypt, the Near East, and the Aegean are often mixed together in Cypriot works.
zoomorphic askos (vessel) with antlers Cypriot ca. 1725–1600 BCE Terracotta chariot krater
symposium (drinking party) and, especially, of its paraphernalia: a wreathed column-krater
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a branch Greek, Laconian 6th–5th century BCE Terracotta fragment of a volute-krater
