#Frog -Shaped Guttus (Oil Vessel)
South Italian, Apulian, 4th c. BCE
Painted ceramic
Diameter: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); Overall: 5.8 x 11.2 x 9.1 cm (2 5/16 x 4 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
On display at The Cleveland Museum of Art 1985.176
Altes Museum Berlin🧵3/3
Altes Museum Berlin🧵3/3
Winged Nike, goddess of Victory, drives light 2 wheeled chariot drawn by spirited horse.
From rich C4 BC tomb of warrior buried w full bronze+iron armour, Monte Sanace area Puglia.
Of Puecezi people, 1 of 3 ancient Apulian tribes, w Greek influence.
Gioia del Colle Archaeo Mus 🏺
Winged Nike, goddess of Victory, drives light 2 wheeled chariot drawn by spirited horse.
From rich C4 BC tomb of warrior buried w full bronze+iron armour, Monte Sanace area Puglia.
Of Puecezi people, 1 of 3 ancient Apulian tribes, w Greek influence.
Gioia del Colle Archaeo Mus 🏺
The helmet was discovered among the grave goods of a chamber tomb at Canosa in Apulia, southern Italy, where three warriors were buried in the final decades of the 4th c. BC.
Its presence in an otherwise distinctly local Apulian...🧵2/3
The helmet was discovered among the grave goods of a chamber tomb at Canosa in Apulia, southern Italy, where three warriors were buried in the final decades of the 4th c. BC.
Its presence in an otherwise distinctly local Apulian...🧵2/3
This is a terracotta askos - an oil flask with a spout and a handle - a form which originated as a leather bag. When used for wine, the source was oxhide, hence the bull. 🏺 #ancientbluesky
Greek, Apulian, 4th c. BCE. #MetMuseum
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This is a terracotta askos - an oil flask with a spout and a handle - a form which originated as a leather bag. When used for wine, the source was oxhide, hence the bull. 🏺 #ancientbluesky
Greek, Apulian, 4th c. BCE. #MetMuseum
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An “Apulian Asian Fusion” restaurant isn’t the obvious destination for spaghetti all’assassina.
So was this Ostuni’s first killer spaghetti or just another spaghetti killer?
#Puglia #ItalianFood #FoodSky
www.pugliaguys.com/2025/01/06/t...
An “Apulian Asian Fusion” restaurant isn’t the obvious destination for spaghetti all’assassina.
So was this Ostuni’s first killer spaghetti or just another spaghetti killer?
#Puglia #ItalianFood #FoodSky
www.pugliaguys.com/2025/01/06/t...
Photo: Badisches Landesmuseum/Thomas Goldschmidt
Photo: Badisches Landesmuseum/Thomas Goldschmidt