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A kantharos is a cup used for drinking wine and water. It normally has handles, unlike this one. The cup is decorated with winged male heads which are usually associated with the Greek god Hermes. Hermes was the messenger of the gods, led the dead to the underworld and was worshiped as a god of fertility. This chalice is from Etruria, an ancient state of Italy, now part of Umbria and Tuscany. The colour and design is typical of Etruscan pottery and would have been polished to give a high shine. maker: Unattributed Place made: Italy Wellcome Images |
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Short title | L0057655 Large handle-less kantharos, Etruria (Italy), 600-550 B |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0057655 Large handle-less kantharos, Etruria (Italy), 600-550 BCE |
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Image title | L0057655 Large handle-less kantharos, Etruria (Italy), 600-550 BCE
Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org A kantharos is a cup used for drinking wine and water. It normally has handles, unlike this one. The cup is decorated with winged male heads which are usually associated with the Greek god Hermes. Hermes was the messenger of the gods, led the dead to the underworld and was worshiped as a god of fertility. This chalice is from Etruria, an ancient state of Italy, now part of Umbria and Tuscany. The colour and design is typical of Etruscan pottery and would have been polished to give a high shine. maker: Unattributed Place made: Italy made: 600-550 BCE Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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