Text, The pre-Christian crosses on oinochoe.

Turkish Museums, Archaeological Museum of Izmir, Turkey

Oinochoe is a wine jug of ancient greek pottery. This oinochoe, dated 620 - 610 BC, was designed with a cross with four squares on the side. Another design is a circle with ten small circles and rays in between representing a solar disc. There are also other different crosses and solar discs all derived geometrically. Pre-Christian crosses. It is located at Archaeological Museum of Izmir, Turkey.


Description of the pre-Christian crosses on oinochoe, a wine jug of ancient Greek pottery.
Genre:  620 - 610 B.C.

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Pre-Christian crosses on oinochoe, wine jug in Greek pottery


"Oinochoe" is a wine jug of ancient greek pottery. This "oinochoe", dated 620 - 610 BC, was...

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