An Ancient Athenian olpe, a style of oinochoe, or wine jug. This olpe is marked as public property and could have been used for official measurement. While this jug is quite plain, Many other surviving olpe bear intricate artwork.

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    Bibliography

    Museum Guide (2014), p. 147.

    Camp and Mauzy (2009), p. 20, fig. 9.

    AgoraPicBk 4 (2004), frontpage.

    AgoraPicBk 4 (2004), p. 31, fig. 36.

    AgoraPicBk 16 (2003), p. 13, fig. 16.

    Mango (2003), p. 76, fig. 2.

    Guide (1990), p. 243, fig. 147.

    Camp (1986), p. 127.

    Travlos (1971), fig. 700.

    Brumbaugh (1966), p. 86, ill.

    Guide (1962), p. 167.

    AgoraPicBk 4 (1960), fig.16.

    Hesperia 15 (1946), pl. 27 and noted under no. 16.

    Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 142, noted.

    Agora X, no. LM 1.

     

    Type
    Image
    Date
    5th C. BC
    Culture
    Location
    Athens, Greece
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