Skyphos (drinking cup), pre-Christian cross and sun symbol

European Museums, The British Museum

A prechristian cross on a drinking cup.

Skyphos (drinking cup) with a running hound

Protocorinthian, made in Corinth 680-650 B.C.; attributed to the Hound Painter

From Camirus, Rhodes


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A prechristian cross on a drinking cup
Taken on  Saturday 15th of August 2015
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Genre:  680-650 B.C.
Source:  London, United Kingdom

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