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Laconian skyphos with geometric and foliate decoration by diffendale

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Laconian skyphos with geometric and foliate decoration

Greek Orientalizing-Archaic period, ca. 620-580 BCE
Made in Laconia/Sparta
Archaeological provenience unknown

In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London
Caryatid Fund
Inv. 1995,0622.2 (GR 1995.6-22.2)

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Dinos, with stand, representing Bellerophon on Pegasus in combat with the Chimera, from Incoronata, 2 by diffendale

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Dinos, with stand, representing Bellerophon on Pegasus in combat with the Chimera, from Incoronata, 2

Greek Orientalizing/Archaic period, ca. 660-640 BCE
Local ("colonial") production
Found at Pisticci, loc. Incoronata (see on Pleiades), settlement, oikos in Saggio S

Photographed on display at, and in the collection of, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Metaponto

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Dinos, with stand, representing Bellerophon on Pegasus in combat with the Chimera, from Incoronata, 1 by diffendale

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Dinos, with stand, representing Bellerophon on Pegasus in combat with the Chimera, from Incoronata, 1

Greek Orientalizing/Archaic period, ca. 660-640 BCE
Local ("colonial") production
Found at Pisticci, loc. Incoronata (see on Pleiades), settlement, oikos in Saggio S

Photographed on display at, and in the collection of, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Metaponto

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Dinos, with stand, representing Bellerophon on Pegasus in combat with the Chimera, from Incoronata, 3 by diffendale

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Dinos, with stand, representing Bellerophon on Pegasus in combat with the Chimera, from Incoronata, 3

Greek Orientalizing/Archaic period, ca. 660-640 BCE
Local ("colonial") production
Found at Pisticci, loc. Incoronata (see on Pleiades), settlement, oikos in Saggio S

Photographed on display at, and in the collection of, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Metaponto

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Funerary stele from Prinias: warrior 3, 2 by diffendale

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Funerary stele from Prinias: warrior 3, 2

Limestone
Archaic period, 7th c. BCE
From Prinias (possibly ancient Ῥιζενία (Rhizenia), though the identification is not certain; see on Pleiades; Wikipedia; Perseus; Treccani) on Crete

Photographed on display in, and in the collection of, the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Iraklio, Crete, Greece

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Funerary stele from Prinias: young woman holding a pomegranate-branch wreath and a bird by diffendale

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Funerary stele from Prinias: young woman holding a pomegranate-branch wreath and a bird

Limestone
Archaic period, 7th c. BCE
From Prinias (possibly ancient Ῥιζενία (Rhizenia), though the identification is not certain; see on Pleiades; Wikipedia; Perseus; Treccani) on Crete

Photographed on display in, and in the collection of, the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Iraklio, Crete, Greece

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Funerary stele from Prinias: woman holding a spindle and a distaff by diffendale

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Funerary stele from Prinias: woman holding a spindle and a distaff

Limestone
Archaic period, 7th c. BCE
From Prinias (possibly ancient Ῥιζενία (Rhizenia), though the identification is not certain; see on Pleiades; Wikipedia; Perseus; Treccani) on Crete

Photographed on display in, and in the collection of, the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Iraklio, Crete, Greece

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Funerary stele from Prinias: cloaked man on a throne holding a scepter by diffendale

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Funerary stele from Prinias: cloaked man on a throne holding a scepter

Limestone
Archaic period, 7th c. BCE
From Prinias (possibly ancient Ῥιζενία (Rhizenia), though the identification is not certain; see on Pleiades; Wikipedia; Perseus; Treccani) on Crete

Photographed on display in, and in the collection of, the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Iraklio, Crete, Greece

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Funerary stele from Prinias: warrior 4 by diffendale

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Funerary stele from Prinias: warrior 4

Limestone
Archaic period, 7th c. BCE
From Prinias (possibly ancient Ῥιζενία (Rhizenia), though the identification is not certain; see on Pleiades; Wikipedia; Perseus; Treccani) on Crete

Photographed on display in, and in the collection of, the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Iraklio, Crete, Greece

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Funerary stele from Prinias: warrior 1 by diffendale

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Funerary stele from Prinias: warrior 1

Limestone
Archaic period, 7th c. BCE
From Prinias (possibly ancient Ῥιζενία (Rhizenia), though the identification is not certain; see on Pleiades; Wikipedia; Perseus; Treccani) on Crete

Photographed on display in, and in the collection of, the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Iraklio, Crete, Greece

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Funerary stele from Prinias: warrior 3, 1 by diffendale

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Funerary stele from Prinias: warrior 3, 1

Limestone
Archaic period, 7th c. BCE
From Prinias (possibly ancient Ῥιζενία (Rhizenia), though the identification is not certain; see on Pleiades; Wikipedia; Perseus; Treccani) on Crete

Photographed on display in, and in the collection of, the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Iraklio, Crete, Greece

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Miniature bronze figure of a deer from Lucus Feroniae, 1 by diffendale

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Miniature bronze figure of a deer from Lucus Feroniae, 1

Orientalizing/Archaic period, ca. late 7th c. BCE
Found at Lucus Feroniae (see on Pleiades in the territory of ancient Capena

Probably an applique from a bronze vessel.

Photographed on display in the Antiquarium of Lucus Feroniae, Fiano Romano, Italy

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Miniature bronze figure of a deer from Lucus Feroniae, 2 by diffendale

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Miniature bronze figure of a deer from Lucus Feroniae, 2

Orientalizing/Archaic period, ca. late 7th c. BCE
Found at Lucus Feroniae (see on Pleiades in the territory of ancient Capena

Probably an applique from a bronze vessel.

Photographed on display in the Antiquarium of Lucus Feroniae, Fiano Romano, Italy

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Polychrome terracotta figurine of a mourning woman from Thera by diffendale

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Polychrome terracotta figurine of a mourning woman from Thera

Greek Orientalizing/Archaic period, 7th c. BCE
Found at Thera (see on Pleiades) on Santorini

Photographed on display in the exhibit "L'istante e l'eternità. Tra noi e gli antichi" (The Instant and Eternity. Between us and the ancients"), Museo Nazionale Romano, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome (4 May- 30 July 2023)
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In the collection of the Archaeological Museum of Thera, Ephoria of Antiquities of the Cyclades

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Pair of Greek bronze griffin protomes in Chicago, 2 by diffendale

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Pair of Greek bronze griffin protomes in Chicago, 2

One griffin has a bone or ivory inlaid eye
Greek Archaic period, ca. 625-575 BCE
No archaeological provenience; probably Samos

Photographed on display in the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Katherine K. Adler Memorial Fund, 1994.38.1-2

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Pair of Greek bronze griffin protomes in Chicago, 1 by diffendale

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Pair of Greek bronze griffin protomes in Chicago, 1

One griffin has a bone or ivory inlaid eye
Greek Archaic period, ca. 625-575 BCE
No archaeological provenience; probably Samos

Photographed on display in the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
Katherine K. Adler Memorial Fund, 1994.38.1-2

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"Canopic" urn on throne from Chianciano Terme, Tolle Tomb 680 by diffendale

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"Canopic" urn on throne from Chianciano Terme, Tolle Tomb 680

Ceramic (impasto)
Etruscan Orientalizing/Archaic period, ca. 640-625 BCE
Excavated at Chianciano Terme (see on Pleiades), Tolle necropolis, Tomb 680

In the collection of the SABAP per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo, Museo Civico Archeologico di Chianciano Terme

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).

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"Canopic" urn from Chianciano Terme, Tolle Tomb 398 by diffendale

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"Canopic" urn from Chianciano Terme, Tolle Tomb 398

Ceramic (impasto grigio scuro)
Etruscan Orientalizing/Archaic period, ca. 650-625 BCE
Excavated at Chianciano Terme (see on Pleiades), Tolle necropolis, Tomb 398

In the collection of the SABAP per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo, Museo Civico Archeologico di Chianciano Terme
N. inv. di scavo 398/1-2

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).

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"Canopic" urn wearing two necklaces from Chianciano Terme, Tolle Tomb 203 by diffendale

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"Canopic" urn wearing two necklaces from Chianciano Terme, Tolle Tomb 203

Ceramic (impasto nero)
Etruscan Orientalizing/Archaic period, ca. 630-600 BCE
Excavated at Chianciano Terme (see on Pleiades), Tolle necropolis, Tomb 203

In the collection of the SABAP per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo, Museo Civico Archeologico di Chianciano Terme

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).

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"Canopic" urn on throne and funerary mask from Chianciano Terme, Tolle Tomb 462, 2 by diffendale

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"Canopic" urn on throne and funerary mask from Chianciano Terme, Tolle Tomb 462, 2

Ceramic (impasto)
Etruscan Orientalizing/Archaic period, ca. mid-7th c. BCE
Excavated at Chianciano Terme (see on Pleiades), Tolle necropolis, Tomb 462

In the collection of the SABAP per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo, Museo Civico Archeologico di Chianciano Terme
N. inv. di scavo 462/1-4

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).

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