Above, local handmade cups.
Below, wheelmade kantharoi from the Troad
1st half of the 7th c. BCE: the earliest evidence of cult activity at the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace.
From a sacrifical area discovered beneath the floor in the Hall of Choral Dancers.
On display at the special exhibit "Samothrace. The mysteries of the Great Gods" at the Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece, June 30-September 30, 2015 (extended to January 10, 2016).
"Σαμοθράκη. Τα μυστήρια των Μεγάλων Θεών"
Tags: 7th c. BCE 1st half 7th c. BCE 1st quarter 7th c. BCE 2nd quarter 7th c. BCE early 7th c. BCE mid 7th c. BCE Archaic arcaica Greece Ελλάδα Grecia Griechenland Grèce Греция Yunanistan Greek greco grecque اليونان ελληνικός museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze artifact display exhibit متحف ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico Samothrace Samothraki Σαμοθράκη Samotracia Самотраки Semadirek Samothracia Ιερό των Μεγάλων Θεών pleiades:findspot=501511 pleiades:findspot=501597 pottery ceramic Keramik κεραμικά céramique seramik Керамика çömlekçilik керамику сосуд فخار pot vase vessel fictile ceramica fittile
1st half of the 7th c. BCE: among the earliest evidence of cult activity at the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace.
From a sacrifical area discovered beneath the floor in the Hall of Choral Dancers.
On display at the special exhibit "Samothrace. The mysteries of the Great Gods" at the Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece, June 30-September 30, 2015 (extended to January 10, 2016).
"Σαμοθράκη. Τα μυστήρια των Μεγάλων Θεών"
Tags: 7th c. BCE 1st half 7th c. BCE 1st quarter 7th c. BCE 2nd quarter 7th c. BCE early 7th c. BCE mid 7th c. BCE Archaic arcaica Greece Ελλάδα Grecia Griechenland Grèce Греция Yunanistan Greek greco grecque اليونان ελληνικός museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze artifact display exhibit متحف ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico Samothrace Samothraki Σαμοθράκη Samotracia Самотраки Semadirek Samothracia Ιερό των Μεγάλων Θεών pleiades:findspot=501511 pleiades:findspot=501597 pottery ceramic Keramik κεραμικά céramique seramik Керамика çömlekçilik керамику сосуд فخار pot vase vessel fictile ceramica fittile
Produced in the Troad.
1st half of the 7th c. BCE: among the earliest evidence of cult activity at the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace.
From a sacrifical area discovered beneath the floor in the Hall of Choral Dancers.
On display at the special exhibit "Samothrace. The mysteries of the Great Gods" at the Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece, June 30-September 30, 2015 (extended to January 10, 2016).
"Σαμοθράκη. Τα μυστήρια των Μεγάλων Θεών"
Tags: 7th c. BCE 1st half 7th c. BCE 1st quarter 7th c. BCE 2nd quarter 7th c. BCE early 7th c. BCE mid 7th c. BCE Archaic arcaica Troad κάνθαρος kantharos Τρωάδα Greece Ελλάδα Grecia Griechenland Grèce Греция Yunanistan Greek greco grecque اليونان ελληνικός museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze artifact display exhibit متحف ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico Samothrace Samothraki Σαμοθράκη Samotracia Самотраки Semadirek Samothracia Ιερό των Μεγάλων Θεών pleiades:findspot=501511 pleiades:findspot=501597 pottery ceramic Keramik κεραμικά céramique seramik Керамика çömlekçilik керамику сосуд فخار pot vase vessel fictile ceramica fittile
Produced in the Troad.
1st half of the 7th c. BCE: among the earliest evidence of cult activity at the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace.
From a sacrifical area discovered beneath the floor in the Hall of Choral Dancers.
On display at the special exhibit "Samothrace. The mysteries of the Great Gods" at the Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece, June 30-September 30, 2015 (extended to January 10, 2016).
"Σαμοθράκη. Τα μυστήρια των Μεγάλων Θεών"
Tags: 7th c. BCE 1st half 7th c. BCE 1st quarter 7th c. BCE 2nd quarter 7th c. BCE early 7th c. BCE mid 7th c. BCE Archaic arcaica Troad κάνθαρος kantharos Τρωάδα Greece Ελλάδα Grecia Griechenland Grèce Греция Yunanistan Greek greco grecque اليونان ελληνικός museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze artifact display exhibit متحف ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico Samothrace Samothraki Σαμοθράκη Samotracia Самотраки Semadirek Samothracia Ιερό των Μεγάλων Θεών pleiades:findspot=501511 pleiades:findspot=501597 pottery ceramic Keramik κεραμικά céramique seramik Керамика çömlekçilik керамику сосуд فخار pot vase vessel fictile ceramica fittile
Produced in the Troad.
1st half of the 7th c. BCE: among the earliest evidence of cult activity at the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace.
From a sacrifical area discovered beneath the floor in the Hall of Choral Dancers.
On display at the special exhibit "Samothrace. The mysteries of the Great Gods" at the Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece, June 30-September 30, 2015 (extended to January 10, 2016).
"Σαμοθράκη. Τα μυστήρια των Μεγάλων Θεών"
Tags: 7th c. BCE 1st half 7th c. BCE 1st quarter 7th c. BCE 2nd quarter 7th c. BCE early 7th c. BCE mid 7th c. BCE Archaic arcaica Troad κάνθαρος kantharos Τρωάδα Greece Ελλάδα Grecia Griechenland Grèce Греция Yunanistan Greek greco grecque اليونان ελληνικός museum museo museu musée μουσείο музеи müze artifact display exhibit متحف ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico Samothrace Samothraki Σαμοθράκη Samotracia Самотраки Semadirek Samothracia Ιερό των Μεγάλων Θεών pleiades:findspot=501511 pleiades:findspot=501597 pottery ceramic Keramik κεραμικά céramique seramik Керамика çömlekçilik керамику сосуд فخار pot vase vessel fictile ceramica fittile