List of Objects
Telling a history of our world through objects
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Culture / Ancient Greece
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Cypriot child's rattle
A 3000-year old little pig made out of clay containing beads that make it rattle when it is shaken.
Contributed by Museum
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Wild Goat style jug
Pottery vessel or oinochoe decorated in 'Wild goat style'. The pot has been covered with cream slip and decorated in ...
Contributed by Museum
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Alexander style SEAL, a global brand
Privately-owned chalcedony gem SEAL has fine coloured intrusions to secure its uniqueness. Intaglio shows seated Zeus ...
Contributed by Individual
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Amphora
This amphora would have been used for storing food. It was found by the when he was snorkelling off the Turkish coast ...
Contributed by Individual
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Ancient Greek coin
My father found this object as a small boy.He was playing with friends near his home,a small hamlet of a few houses and ...
Contributed by Individual
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Rare gold coin of Athens
This extremely rare gold stater of Athens, depicting Athena, was issued by the tyrant Lachares in 296 BC to pay his ...
Contributed by Museum
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Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith
Sculpture of a half-man, half-horse rearing over a dead human from the Parthenon in Athens, Greece.
Contributed by The British Museum
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Minoan Bull Leaper
A bronze statue of an acrobat leaping over a bull from the island of Crete.
Contributed by The British Museum
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fermentation lock
I don't know the history of fermentation locks but I suspect that it is ancient and would like to know more.
We have ...
Contributed by Individual
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Pithoo
These pithoi shows that the Minoans were conscious of the effects of storing food for a large community. Products such ...
Contributed by Individual
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Etruscan black figure vase
This Etruscan vase has been subject to many interpretations in the past. It is decorated in the black-figure technique ...
Contributed by Museum
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Ancient Greek aulos
The 'aulos' in the Ure Museum is the best known example of a popular musical instrument from ancient Greece. Although it ...
Contributed by Museum
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Greek/Etruscan pottery wine jug
This wine jug (oinochoe) would have been used by everyday people across the Ancient Greek World. Found in Italy it was ...
Contributed by Individual
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Marilyn's Ceramic Vessel
Gift from Cyprus
Contributed by Individual
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Ancient Bronze Ptolmy coins
The exact time it belongs to I am really not sure, but as I have brought it from Alexandria, where Ptolmeys (Alexander ...
Contributed by Individual