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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Roman
Title:Bowl
Date Made:1st century BCE
Type:Ceramic
Materials:terra sigillata
Measurements:Overall: 3 3/8 in x 5 1/16 in; 8.6 cm x 12.9 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1979.21
Credit Line:Museum Purchase
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
On this hemispherical bowl, meant for drinking wine, Olympian gods fight the primeval Giants, monstrous creatures born from Mother Earth, named Gaia in Greek mythology. The story of their battle was well-known, and is retold on many ancient Greek and Roman bowls, vases, and cups. Some of the same pairs of figures, locked in battle, appear more than once on this bowl, clearly duplicated from the same pattern.
PJR, 2014

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