EditorialLate Roman Period. North African cylindrical amphorae (used between 3rd to 6th century AD). Found in 1961 from the site of a 5th century AD shipwreck at the mouth of Xlendi Bay (island of Gozo, Malta). Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadela of Victoria ...
EditorialEarly Roman Period. Italic amphorae used for the transportation of wine (vinariae) between the 2nd and the 1st century BC. Found in 1961 at the site of a shipwreck during the 2nd century BC, at the mouth of Xlendi bay, Gozo Island. Gozo Museum of Archa...
EditorialSpain, Andalusia, province of Cadiz, Arcos de la Frontera. Minor Basilica of Santa Maria de la Asuncion. Parish church built between the 14th and 18th centuries over the ruins of an old Arab mosque. Architectural detail of the main fa?ade. It has a lin...
EditorialPlate in Nouveaux Livre de Paysages (New Book of Landscapes), Daniel Marot, French, active in the Netherlands and England, 16611752, Etching and engraving on white laid paper, At the left, there is a large building decorated with niches filled with sta...
EditorialClass of the Red Line Pelicans, Painter of the Pelike Rhodes 10775, Pelike (A: Battle of Heracles and an Amazon, B: Dionysus and Maenad), clay, quickly turned, painted (ceramic), alternately fired, clay, painted and fired, Total: Height: 22.2 cm; Muzzl...
EditorialVase with Dragon?Handles, 7th century?c.e., Stoneware with white slip and glaze, 13 3/8 ? 6 in. (34 ? 15.2?cm), This vase was used to transport wine, and its shape echoes that of amphorae made throughout the eastern Mediterranean. The dragon handles an...
EditorialDesign for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne, Sir James Thornhill, 16751734, British, undated, Pen, black and brown ink and gray and brown wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 3/16 ...
EditorialDesign for a Wall Panel, Sir James Thornhill, 16751734, British, undated, Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches (23.5 x 18.1 cm) and Mount: 12 x 15 inches (30.5 x 3...
EditorialEtruscan canopy from the Sarteano area. Ovoid body, inspired by Attic amphorae, with separate forearms in the handles. Lid in the shape of a man's head., Vase, canope, pottery, impasto, 56 cm, iron age, archaic 530-520 BC, Italy, Italy.
EditorialTerracotta hydria (water jar), Archaic, ca. 560?550 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm), Vases, On the body, Herakles wrestling Triton, On the shoulder, Achilles pursuing Troilos. Herakles wrestling Triton is a recurre...
EditorialRoman amphora sealing system. Use of an amphorae (small amphora modeled in clay. Also used as a liquid measurement system). National Archaeological Museum. Tarragona. Spain.
EditorialBronze neck-amphora (jar) with lid and bail handle, Archaic, last quarter of the 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. with handle 21 11/16 in. (55.1 cm), Bronzes, Metal vases are far more rare than their ceramic counterparts because fewer were made and ...
EditorialTerracotta hydria (water jar), Archaic, ca. 560?550 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm), Vases, On the body, Herakles wrestling Triton, On the shoulder, Achilles pursuing Troilos. Herakles wrestling Triton is a recurre...
EditorialPair of disc and amphora earrings, Hellenistic (Ptolemaic), c200 BC. Earrings with garnet amphorae with garnet, emerald, and pearl chain pendants. The long chain could have been worn either round the back of the neck or pinned across the chest. The amp...
EditorialBronze neck-amphora (jar) with lid and bail handle, Archaic, last quarter of the 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. with handle 21 11/16 in. (55.1 cm), Bronzes, Metal vases are far more rare than their ceramic counterparts because fewer were made and ...
EditorialPair of disc and amphora earrings, Hellenistic (Ptolemaic), c200 BC. Earrings with garnet amphorae with garnet, emerald, and pearl chain pendants. The long chain could have been worn either round the back of the neck or pinned across the chest. The amp...
EditorialBronze neck-amphora (jar) with lid and bail handle, Archaic, last quarter of the 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. with handle 21 11/16 in. (55.1 cm), Bronzes, Metal vases are far more rare than their ceramic counterparts because fewer were made and ...
EditorialTerracotta hydria (water jar), Archaic, ca. 560?550 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm), Vases, On the body, Herakles wrestling Triton, On the shoulder, Achilles pursuing Troilos. Herakles wrestling Triton is a recurre...
EditorialRoman amphora sealing system. Use of an amphorae (small amphora modeled in clay. Also used as a liquid measurement system). National Archaeological Museum. Tarragona. Spain.
EditorialThermopolium of Asellina, tavern specializing in the sale of hot beverages. Stone bar with holes to place the amphorae containing drinks. At the bottom, fresco depicting Genius of the Pater Familias between lares. Pompeii. Italy.
EditorialPair of disc and amphora earrings, Hellenistic (Ptolemaic), c200 BC. Earrings with garnet amphorae with garnet, emerald, and pearl chain pendants. The long chain could have been worn either round the back of the neck or pinned across the chest. The amp...