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Map of the Eastern Mediterranean Area
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Map marking the area dominated or colonized by the Greeks during the middle of the 1st Millennium BC
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Detail map showing some of the main centres of Greek culture during this period.
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1. The Myths: Real events
2. Painting: Gods & Heroes
3. Importance - Greek Pots
4. Origins: Greek Pots & Painting
5. Early(Proto) Geometric Style
6. The Mature Geometric Style
7. East Greek Pottery
8. The "Orientalizing" Style
9. Corinthian Pottery
10. Early(Proto) Attic Pottery

11. Attic Black-Figure Painting
12. Finest Black Figure Painting
13. Attic Red Figure Painting
14. Painting on a white slip
15. The Decline of Greek Pottery
16. Classical Terracotta Figurines
17. Hellenistic Figurines
18. Potter's Notes (1)...
19. Potter's Notes (2) ...
20. Pottery Shapes and Sizes
21. Potters and Potteries in Greece.


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This background image pieces together the superbly drawn figures on the sides of a 5th Century BC funeral oil flask. This shows the dead woman(left) gazing on herself as a muse in the afterlife.




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Mycenean Krater. On each side a chariot amidst stylised flowers and marine motifs. From a tomb in Kourion in Greece. Chariot scenes were popular and were also made for export. ca.1395-1200BC BM



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Detail of the horses, chariot and men painted on the Krater above.



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Late Helladic III bowl with stylized drawings of a bull and a bird ca.1395-1200BC BM.



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Protogeometric Barrel pot



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Attic Protogeometric shoulder-handled amphora(storage jar) Made in Athens end of the 11th century BC. ht:40cm BM.



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Attic Protogeometric amphora(storage jar)with chequer-board design on shoulder and parallel wavy lines in a panel at the handle zone. Made in Athens ca.950-900BC



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Ringed area shows "black slip has been reoxidized to "red" slip pronably by by flame flashing. Attic Protogeometric amphora(storage jar)with chequer-board design on shoulder and parallel wavy lines in a panel at the handle zone. Made in Athens ca.950-900BC



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Attic Early Geometric Amphora from Keramikos ht:69.5cm 9th century BC. NAM



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Detail Middle Band of decoration. Attic Early Geometric Amphora from Keramikos ht:69.5cm 9th century BC. NAM



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Attic Geometric Jug, late 9th century BC. BM



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Detail of Pattern decoration Attic Geometric Jug



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Attic Early Geometric Amphora from Keramikos ht:69.5cm 9th century BC. NAM
A Lidded box(Pyxis) with a finely modelled lid handle and intricate decoration. Geometric made in Athens ca.850-800BC. BM



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Detail: Intricate decoration on Lidded box(Pyxis).Geometric made in Athens ca.850-800BC. BM



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Geometric Amphora 8th Century BC.



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Detail Neck:Grazing animals.



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Detail Middle:Resting animals.



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Detail Bottom:Geese feeding.



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Huge Attic Geometric Amphora.Mid 8th century BC. ht:1.55m



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Detail: Lying-in-State Panel



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Lying-in-State Centre of Panel



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Attic Geometric Krater - Funeral Pyre, Lamentation, Chariot Procession and and Games afdter the middle of the 8th century BC ht:1.23m MMNY.



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Detail: Funeral Pyre, Lamentation, Chariot Procession and and Games.



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Detail of Funeral Pyre.



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Detail of Dead Man lying on Bier.



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Detail of Mourners etc.



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Proto-Attic ' Lions' Krater 700-675BC.



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Detail: Horses, Men and Chariots, from Proto-Attic ' Lions' Krater 700-675BC.



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Protoattic Loutrophorus: Procession of dancers chariots and sphinxca. Analatos Painter. ht:80cm 700-680 BC. LP.



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Protoattic Amphora: ht:80cm 700-680 BC. BM.



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Protoattic Amphora: ht:80cm 700-680 BC. BM.



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East Greek Pithos(storage jar). Probably made in Rhodes ca. 700-650BC. From Camirus Rhodes BM.



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Detail: East Greek Pithos(storage jar)



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Rhodian Amphora decorated in the Ficellora style 6th century BC.



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Rhodian Amphora decorated with a partridge. Fikellura style Camirus Rhodes ca.540BC BM.





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A Jug from Aegina Cycladic Islands First half of 7th century BC ht.16in. BM



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A Stemmed plate East Greek from Camirus Rhodes, ca. 625-600BC. BM



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Detail: birds and patterns.



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Detail of duck preening its feathers.



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Proto-Corinthian a small bottle for pefumed oil ca.640 ht 6.8cm BM



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Detail: Lion's head as spout of Proto-Corinthian small bottle for pefumed oil ca.640 ht 6.8cm BM



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Detail of decoration towards the bottom of Proto-Corinthian a small bottle for perfumed oil ca.640 ht 6.8cm BM



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Detail of decoration of centre part of Proto-Corinthian a small bottle for pefumed oil ca.640 ht 6.8cm BM



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Proto-Corinthian, an amphora ca.600-570BC BM



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Corinthian cup; last quarter of the 7th century BC ht.3.5in.



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Pyxis(cosmetic box)with friezes of animals including lions, panthers and bulls. Middle Corinthian ca.600-575BC. BM



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Corithian Amphora with lid 625-575 BC. Old Corinth Mus.



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Oil or perfume flask - Alabastron. ca.600-575BC. BM
A tiny perfume flask, just a few inches high, decorated in the typical orientalizing style.



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Detail:Figure painting
This detail of painting from the little perfume flask shows the considerable detail added to the painting in black and purple iron by fine scratched lines through to the lighter body.



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A detail from another perfume flask - showing a double bodied monster. ca.600-575BC. BM This detail shows the body and slip textures.



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More detail of Corinthian oil or perfume flask - Alabastron. showing painting. ca.600-575BC. BM



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ProtoAttic Amphora(Athenian Jar): Grave at Eleusis(Attica). Blinding of the Giant Polyphemus by Odysseus and his companions. ht:1.42M CA. 670BC.



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detail Polyphemus



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Athenian Jar:Grave in Attica end 7th c.BC. Herakles and Nessos; Gorgons.



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Detail Herakles and Nessos



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Early Attic Black-figure Olpe,painted in black,purple and white on orange clay, Medusan Gorgon. From Nola. ca. 600-575BC BM



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Early Attic Black-figure Olpe,painted in black,purple and white on orange clay, Detail: Head of Medusan Gorgon From Nola. ca. 600-575BC BM



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Detail of painting showing confident brush strokes and scratched outlines.



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Detail of painting showing confident brush strokes and scratched outlines.



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This scene shows the heavenly twins or dioscuri, Castor, Pollux with their dog. They are returning from an exploit of some kind. Signed by Exekias the painter ca.540-530BC


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Detail of the dog greeting on of his masters.



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The other side of the Athenian Jar above from late 6th.c BC. by Exekias (The dioscuri). Here the scene is Achilles and Ajax playing dice.



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A Closer detail of Achilles and Ajax



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The head of of Achilles



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Attic black figured Kylix 6th c. BC.




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Inside bowl decoration of Attic black figured Kylix 6th c. BC.




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Detail of centre.




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Attic Black-Figure: Portico with fountain heads and women fetching water. ca.520-500BC ht 22.5in.



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Closer detail showing scratched lines and use of white slip paint.



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A small mass-produced black figure oil flask(Lekythos)used at funerals. The top has been broken off.



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A small mass-produced black figure oil flask(Lekythos)used at funerals. Underneath the foot is the small hole produced by turning on a horizontal lathe.



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A small mass-produced black figure oil flask(Lekythos)used at funerals. The top has been broken off.



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A small mass-produced black figure oil flask(Lekythos)used at funerals. The top has been broken off.



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Detail of painting showing confident brush strokes and scratched outlines.



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Black figured amphora(jar) with dionysos and two satyrs. Made in Athens about 520-500BC. Attributed to the painter Psiax and signed on the rim by Andokides as the potter. BM.



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Black figured amphora(jar) with dionysos and two satyrs. Dionysos,god of wine, holds a drinking horn in one hand and a vine branch in the other.



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Black figured amphora(jar). Detail of dionysos .



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Red-figure Attic cup or Kylix by the Painter Epiktetos. The scenes include Theseus slaying the Minotaur, ca.520BC Diam 11.6in.



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Andokides Painter. From an red-figure amphora:Herakles and the two-headed dog Cerberus. ht:58.6cm. ca.510BC



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Attic red figure amphora c.500-480 BC. Fr. Nola - warrior by 'Berlin' painter



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Detail warrior showing front view (foreshortened) foot.



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Attic red-figure Bell Krater.ht:33cm. Ganymede by the Berlin Painter. ca.490-480BC LP



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Athenian red figure cup by Brygos 500-475 BC. The conflict depicted on the outside of this drinking cup is the Sack of Troy.



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Detail of Figure Drawings



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Maenad, from an amphora painted by the Kleophrades Painter, ht:56cm.ca.500-490BC



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Kleophrates Painter. Detail of Dionysos on a red-figured amphora.ht:56cm. ca.500-490BC



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Athenian vase late red figure ware Achilles slaying the Amazon Pentesilea. ca.460-50 BC MN Naples



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Figure detail 0f Achilles from an Attic red-figure amphora ht:60cm. By the Achilles Painter ca.450BC.



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Calyx Krater - figures on white slip



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High stemmed Kylix - black silhouettes on white slip



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A Museum Case of Funeral Lekythoi: figure painting on a white ground.



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Lekythos painted by the Achilles Painter, ca.450-440BC.



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Lekythos painting detail: A Muse, or Goddess, playing a lyre, painted by the Achilles Painter, ca.450-440BC.



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My reconstruction of whole painting on Lekythos: the dead women looking towards herself as a muse in the Afterlife.Painted by the Achilles Painter, ca.450-440BC.



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Athenian Lekythos or funeral oil flask, late 5th century BC. Painting - Young man seated outside his tomb. NAM NAM



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Detail: Man outside his tomb. NAM



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Detail: Head of Man outside his tomb. NAM



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A late 5th century BC. Attic Krater, a scene showing the preparations for a theatrical performance.



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Detail of a painting in a florid style from a hydria made ca.410BC.



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Late Attic black-figure amphora ca.400BC ht:67cm. BM.




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Pelike, a jar for oil or wine. Attic red-figure ca.350BC Peleus seizing Thetis for his bride. ht:42.5cm. BM.



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Faliscan Volute-Krater. Aurora Painter. Thetis struggling to free herself from Peleus who wants her for his bride. ht:59.2cm. ca.340BC. RVG



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Apulian calyx-krater. Maenad and Satyr. ht:53cm. Mid 4th century BC Lipari.



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Pottery Shapes 1.



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Pottery Shapes 2.



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Pottery Shapes 3.



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Pottery Shapes 4.



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Pottery Shapes 5.



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Pottery Shapes 6.



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Pottery Shapes 7.



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Pottery Shapes 8.



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Pottery Shapes 9.



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Pottery Shapes 10.



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Pottery Shapes 11.



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Pottery Shapes 12.



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Pottery Shapes 13.



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Pottery Shapes 14.



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Pottery Shapes 15.



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Pottery Shapes 16.



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Pottery Shapes 17.



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Pottery Shapes 18.



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Pottery Shapes 19.



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Pottery Shapes 20.



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Pottery Shapes 21.



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Pottery Shapes 22.



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An oil or perfume flask in the form of a kneeling boy binding a victory ribbon around his head. ca.540-530BC ht:10in. AMA



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Terracotta sculpture Zeus and Ganymede 3/4 lifesize 500-475 BC. AMO



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Detail: Head of Zeus 3/4 lifesize 500-475 BC. AMO



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A terracotta head of the Goddess Athena ca.490BC AMO



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Terracotta theatrical face mask 3rd century BC. Agora Mus Athens.



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Terracotta statue of a young woman, bearing vivid traces of its original paint. From Tanagra. ht:24cm. End of the 4th century BC. BSM



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Tanagra type Terracotta figurine of two women. Myrina 2nd century BC. BM



This is the last illustration.
I hope you have found tutorial No.6 interesting and perhaps useful.
Tutorial No.7 is about more european ceramics before the Romans and includes the ceramics of the Etruscans.


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Last modified on 7th February 2002
©2001 Victor Bryant


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