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Kernos with polychrome decoration on white ground

    • Provenienza:
      Syracuse, Via Piave, cistern, excavation 1968
    • Data:
      3rd century BC
    • Materiali:
      Clay
    • Dimensioni:
      height 15 cm, max. width 19 cm, diameter spout 17 cm
    • Collocazione:
      Syracuse, Museo Archeologico Regionale “Paolo Orsi”
    • Inventario:
      inv. 66450
  • Kernos with polychrome decoration on white ground

A combination between kalathos and oil lamp, these kernoi have a religious function. There are no evident signs of use, and this leads us to believe that the lamp may have been used only once, in a celebration or ritual.