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4th quarter 6th c. BCE
From Pontecagnano (see on Pleiades), Tomb 962
The Etruscan graffito inscription (Rix, Etruskische Texte Cm 2.2) reads:
mi zavena apulas sepunes
"I (am) the zavena of Apula Sepune"
A further text (Rix, ET Cm 0.1), incised just above the foot, reads:
θ[--]kalesia
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Pontecagnano, Campania, Italy
Inv. 16786
Late Archaic period, 2nd half 6th c. BCE
From San Giuliano (see on Pleiades), Chiusa Cima necropolis, along the "Via Sepolcrale"
In the collection of and photographed on display in the Museo Archeologico delle Necropoli Rupestri, Barbarano Romano (VT), Italy
ceramica acroma
From San Giuliano (see on Pleiades), Greppo Cenale necropolis, Tomba della Sorgente e della Paura(?) (late 4th-early 3rd c. BCE)
In the collection of and photographed on display in the Museo Archeologico delle Necropoli Rupestri, Barbarano Romano (VT), Italy
National Archaeological Museum of Naples
Anforisco with cupids gathering grapes
amphoriskos known as the Blue Vase
from Pompeii
mid-1st sentury AD
cameo glass
The cameo glass vase, worked with the techniques of blowing, intaglio and grinding, dates back to the Roman Imperial period and specifically to the first century AD (1 – 79 AD). It was found in 1834 in Pompeii, in the monumental tomb outside the Villa with the Mosaic Columns outside Herculaneum Gate.
The vase has the shape of a wine amphora, on the body of which a scene of grape harvest is portrayed.
National Archaeological Museum of Naples
Anforisco with cupids gathering grapes
amphoriskos known as the Blue Vase
from Pompeii
mid-1st sentury AD
cameo glass
The cameo glass vase, worked with the techniques of blowing, intaglio and grinding, dates back to the Roman Imperial period and specifically to the first century AD (1 – 79 AD). It was found in 1834 in Pompeii, in the monumental tomb outside the Villa with the Mosaic Columns outside Herculaneum Gate.
The vase has the shape of a wine amphora, on the body of which a scene of grape harvest is portrayed.
National Archaeological Museum of Naples
Anforisco with cupids gathering grapes
amphoriskos known as the Blue Vase
from Pompeii
mid-1st sentury AD
cameo glass
The cameo glass vase, worked with the techniques of blowing, intaglio and grinding, dates back to the Roman Imperial period and specifically to the first century AD (1 – 79 AD). It was found in 1834 in Pompeii, in the monumental tomb outside the Villa with the Mosaic Columns outside Herculaneum Gate.
The vase has the shape of a wine amphora, on the body of which a scene of grape harvest is portrayed.