Terracotta ring-kernos (offering vase)
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The kernos is a vase for offerings that consists of several small receptacles generally arranged in a circle. Well documented in the Greek world during the Bronze Age (ca. 3000–1200 B.C.), this example represents a late survival. The ring supports five vases of different shapes and a lyre-playing man. The figure suggests that the kernos was used in a banquet.
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