Astragaloi a vessel shaped like a knucklebone from which it takes its name and which may have been used to store sheep knucklebones which were used as gaming pieces or dice.
Greek ceramics patterns.
Handouts with examples of symbols and designs used in greek pottery.
1050 900 bc represent the return of craft production after the collapse of the mycenaean palace culture and the ensuing greek dark ages.
A meander or meandros greek.
On the one hand the name meander recalls the twisting and turning path of the maeander river in asia minor and on the other hand as karl kerenyi.
Ancient greek pottery due to its relative durability comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient greece and since there is so much of it over 100 000 painted vases are recorded in the corpus vasorum antiquorum it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of greek society the shards of pots discarded or buried in the 1st millennium bc are.
Pictures of ancient greek pottery especially from the geometric period.
In this period the surface of the pot was completely covered with a network of fine patterns in which circles and arcs predominate.
Askoi named after the wineskin which it resembles in shape.
The greeks athenian potters in particular standardized certain styles perfected their techniques and painting styles and sold their wares throughout the mediterranean.
Greek pottery was invariably made on the potter s wheel and usually made in separate horizontal sections.
The foot the lower and upper body the neck and finally the handles if necessary.
These sections were then joined together with a clay slip after drying and it is possible in many cases to see the prints of the potter impressed on the inside of the vessel.
The small neck implies they were used for pouring liquids in a small quantity e g.
Vases of protogeometrical period c.
Here are some of the basic types of greek pottery vases jugs and other vessels.
The earliest stylistic period is the geometric lasting from about 1000 to 700 bce this period is further broken down into a proto geometric transition from mycenaean forms.
Pottery containers decorated on the outside are common in the ancient world.
Show students pictures of greek pottery.
Periods of ancient greek pottery types of greek vases.
μαίανδρος is a decorative border constructed from a continuous line shaped into a repeated motif such a design is also called the greek fret or greek key design although these are modern designations.