Greek Archaic period, Middle Corinthian period, ca. 600-575 BCE
Attributed to the Ophelandros Painter (apparently)
Made at Corinth
Found at Nola (see on Pleiades) in Campania
On the reverse, a single combat with waiting chariot; below, animal frieze.
In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London
Blacas Collection
Inv. 1867,0508.860 (GR 1857.5-8.860; Cat. Vases B42)
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1867-0508-860
Tags: UK Britain England Inghilterra London Londra BM British Museum museum museo museu musée μουσείο artifact ancient antico antique archaeological archeologico archaeology ceramic ceramica pottery vase vaso pot Greek greco grecque ελληνικός griechisch Ophelandros Painter Pittore di Ophelandros krater cratere column krater crater cratere a colonnette Middle Corinthian medio corinzio Corinthian corinzia 6th c. BCE early 6th c. BCE 1st half 6th c. BCE 1st quarter 6th c. BCE 590s BCE 580s BCE 570s BCE Nola Italy Campania pleiades:findspot=432981 Archaic arcaica
Roman, Augustan-Early Imperial period, late 1st c. BCE-1st c. CE
Found at Ziphteh, near ancient Athribis (see on Pleiades), Nile Delta, Lower Egypt
In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London
Inv. 1840,0401.1 (Bronze 828)
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1840-0401-1
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Neo-Assyrian period, ca. 7th c. BCE
Found in the Library of Ashurbanipal at Kuyunjik (ancient Nineveh; see on Pleiades), modern Iraq
The Neo-Assyrian inscriptions provide guidance for interpreting omens observed in sheep lungs (extispicy).
In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London
Inv. ME Rm.620
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_Rm-620
cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/424862
www.jstor.org/stable/27095062
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Probably from northeast Etruria.
Etruscan, ca. 400-350 BCE
British Museum, London
Hertz Collection
GR 1859.3-1.23 (Bronez 674)
Tags: British Museum ancient antico artifact London museo britannico Etruria Etruscan etrusco bronze bronzo 4th c. BCE basin handle warriors guerrieri British Museum
Iron Age, Urartian, 8th-7th c. BCE
Found at Toprakkale (ancient Rusahinili; see on Pleiades), modern Turkey
Possibly a furniture inlay from a throne.
In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London
Inv. ME 118951
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1880-1216-42
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