A #Greek rhyton in the shape of a #dog's head. 🐕🐶
Vessels such as this were used in drinking parties. Since they didn't have a base, their contents had to be consumed before the vessel could be put down
Dating ca. 475 BC.
📷 Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia 🏺
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In Egyptian culture, hippos were generally associated with life, fertility, and rebirth.
Dating around 1900 BC.🧵1/2
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In Egyptian culture, hippos were generally associated with life, fertility, and rebirth.
Dating around 1900 BC.🧵1/2
📷 me
Here's the satyr Silenus, companion to Bacchus the god of wine, who's inebriated face appears on this 3rd century AD #Roman copper alloy wine jug
Found beneath Dorchester Marks and Spencers in 1936 and now @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social
📷 May 2021
Happy #FindsFriday #FridayFeeling
Here's the satyr Silenus, companion to Bacchus the god of wine, who's inebriated face appears on this 3rd century AD #Roman copper alloy wine jug
Found beneath Dorchester Marks and Spencers in 1936 and now @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social
📷 May 2021
Happy #FindsFriday #FridayFeeling