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Ceramic
Greek Early Iron Age, Late Geometric period, 2nd half 8th c. BCE
Found at Chania (ancient Kydonia; see on Pleiades), Kastelli Hill

Photographed on display in the Archaeological Museum of Chania, Crete, Greece

Ceramic
Greek Early Iron Age, Late Geometric period, 2nd half 8th c. BCE
Found at Chania (ancient Kydonia; see on Pleiades), Kastelli Hill

A series of paired holes drilled through the vessel attest to an ancient repair.

Photographed on display in the Archaeological Museum of Chania, Crete, Greece

Iron Age, Attic Late Geometric II period, ca. 730-700 BCE
Attributed to the (Geometric) Lion Painter
No archaeological provenience, but almost certainly from a tomb in Attica

Photographed on display at, and in the collection of, the Harvard Art Museums
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund, 1950.64

hvrd.art/o/219705

Iron Age, Attic Late Geometric II period, ca. 730-700 BCE
Attributed to the (Geometric) Lion Painter
No archaeological provenience, but almost certainly from a tomb in Attica

Photographed on display at, and in the collection of, the Harvard Art Museums
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund, 1950.64

hvrd.art/o/219705

Iron Age, Attic Late Geometric II period, ca. 730-700 BCE
Attributed to the (Geometric) Lion Painter
No archaeological provenience, but almost certainly from a tomb in Attica

Photographed on display at, and in the collection of, the Harvard Art Museums
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund, 1950.64

hvrd.art/o/219705

Iron Age, Attic Late Geometric II period, ca. 730-700 BCE
Attributed to the (Geometric) Lion Painter
No archaeological provenience, but almost certainly from a tomb in Attica

Photographed on display at, and in the collection of, the Harvard Art Museums
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund, 1950.64

hvrd.art/o/219705

Enotrian "a tende elegante" ceramic
Iron Age, Villanovan period, ca. 800-770 BCE
Excavated at Sala Consilina (see on Pleiades), southwest necropolis of San Rocco, Tomb M28 (cremation)

The burial displays a mix of cultural practices; deposition of the cremated remains within a biconical urn with a deliberately broken handle is a "Villanovan" practice, while the container itself is of Enotrian production.

In the collection of the Museo Archeologico di Sala Consilina
Inv. SC\06012, SC\06031

Photographed on display in the exhibit "Etruschi: Viaggio nelle terre dei Rasna" (Etruscans: Voyage in the lands of the Rasna), Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna, December 12, 2019-May 24, 2020 (extended until November 29, 2020).

Iron Age-Orientalizing period, ca. late 8th-late 7th c. BCE
From Trevi (ancient Trebiae; see on Pleiades) or its territory

Photographed on display in the Museo della Città e del Territorio, Trevi, Umbria

Iron Age, Neo-Assyrian period, ca. 8th BCE
Probably made in Syro-Phoenicia
Excavated in the North West Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu; see on Pleiades) by Layard

In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London
Inv. 118156 (WA 1848-07-20, 12 / 1848,0720.12)
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1848-0720-12

Iron Age, Neo-Assyrian period, ca. 9th-8th BCE
Probably made in Syro-Phoenicia
Excavated in the North West Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu; see on Pleiades) by Layard
The hieroglyphics are not readable, serving merely aesthetic purposes.

In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London
Inv. WA 118120 (WA 1848-07-20, 20 / 1848,0720.20)
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1848-0720-20

Early Iron Age, Latial IIB2 phase (2nd half), ca. 800-770 BCE(?)
Local production, found at Gabii, Osteria dell'Osa (see on Pleiades), Tomb 482 (1984) (female cremation)

Tomb 482 was part of a group of burials whose grave goods indicate connections with distant regions, in particular southern Italy, including Campania.

The reading of the inscription, in the Euboean alphabet, is disputed: possibly Greek (εὖλιν, εὐοῖν, εὐνιν or εὖλις) or Latin (ni lue). (La Regina reads εὖλιν, possibly short for εὔλινος "spinning well," an epithet of the goddess Eileithyia; εὐοῖν would be a a Bacchic exclamation.) Whatever the reading, it is so far the earliest known example of writing in Italy.

EDR page: www.edr-edr.it/edr_programmi/res_complex_comune.php?do=bo...

In the collection of the Museo Nazionale Romano - Terme di Diocleziano
Inv. 391446

Photographed on display in the exhibit "La pittura della voce. L'alfabeto prima e dopo Cuma" (The picture of the voice. The alphabet before and after Cumae) at the Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei, May-June 2024.

Early Iron Age, Latial IIB2 phase (2nd half), ca. 800-770 BCE(?)
Local production, found at Gabii, Osteria dell'Osa (see on Pleiades), Tomb 482 (1984) (female cremation)

Tomb 482 was part of a group of burials whose grave goods indicate connections with distant regions, in particular southern Italy, including Campania.

The reading of the inscription, in the Euboean alphabet, is disputed: possibly Greek (εὖλιν, εὐοῖν, εὐνιν or εὖλις) or Latin (ni lue). (La Regina reads εὖλιν, possibly short for εὔλινος "spinning well," an epithet of the goddess Eileithyia; εὐοῖν would be a a Bacchic exclamation.) Whatever the reading, it is so far the earliest known example of writing in Italy.

EDR page: www.edr-edr.it/edr_programmi/res_complex_comune.php?do=bo...

In the collection of the Museo Nazionale Romano - Terme di Diocleziano
Inv. 391446

Photographed on display in the exhibit "La pittura della voce. L'alfabeto prima e dopo Cuma" (The picture of the voice. The alphabet before and after Cumae) at the Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei, May-June 2024.

Greek Iron Age, Late Geometric period, 2nd half 8th c. BCE
Made locally
Found on Ischia (ancient Pithekoussai/Pithecusae; see on Pleiades: island, settlement), Mazzola, Structure II, beneath a stone of the foundations

The retrograde Greek inscription, made pre-firing:
---]ινος μ'εποιεσ[ε] "...inos made me"

This is the earliest known artist's signature from the Greek world, unfortunately for poor ...inos. The figural scene, also incomplete, may represent a sphinx

In the collection of the Museo Archeologico di Pithecusae, Villa Arbusto, Lacco Ameno, Ischia, Campania, Italy
Inv. 239083

Photographed on display in the exhibit "La pittura della voce. L'alfabeto prima e dopo Cuma" (The picture of the voice. The alphabet before and after Cumae) at the Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei, May-June 2024.

Early Iron Age/Geometric period, ca. 760-750 BCE
Found at Cumae (see on Pleiades), pre-Hellenic settlement north of the Forum baths

The Greek letter N appears here incised prior to firing of the vase, and is one of the earliest attestations of the use of the Greek alphabet.

In the collection of the Parco Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei, Deposito Cuma
Inv. 21.M451-1.44

Photographed on display in the exhibit "La pittura della voce. L'alfabeto prima e dopo Cuma" (The picture of the voice. The alphabet before and after Cumae) at the Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei, May-June 2024.

Greek Iron Age, Late Geometric period, 2nd half 8th c. BCE
Imported?
Found on Ischia (ancient Pithekoussai/Pithecusae; see on Pleiades: island, settlement) Lacco Ameno, Monte di Vico, scarico Gosetti

The retrograde Greek inscription in added white:
λειτ[--- ?

Photographed on display in the Museo Archeologico di Pithecusae, Villa Arbusto, Lacco Ameno, Ischia, Campania, Italy
Inv. 170144

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

Cretan Late Geometric period, ca. 720-700 BCE
Found in the Idaean Cave (see on Pleiades)

At the prow of the ship are represented a warrior and a female figure, perhaps to be interpreted as Theseus and Ariadne; behind, five oarsmen. Above, a figure milks a cow. Below, another figure pets a dog.

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Archaeological Museum of Herakleion, Iraklio, Crete, Greece

Cretan Late Geometric-Early Archaic period, ca. 730-680 BCE
Found in the Idaean Cave (see on Pleiades)

The relief decoration is interpreted as representing the myth of Zeus and the Kouretes (Curetes, Korybantes), and reflects stylistic trends of contemporary Assyrian artistic production; it may have been produced locally or imported.

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Archaeological Museum of Herakleion, Iraklio, Crete, Greece

ca.heraklionmuseum.gr/ca/pawtucket/index.php/Detail/objec...

Greek Late Geometric, ca. 750-690 BCE
From ancient Asine (see on Pleiades)

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Archaeological Museum of Nafplio, Greece

Early Iron Age, Cypriot Geometric period, ca. 850-750 BCE

In the collection of, and photographed on display in, the Akademisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
Inv. 3107