A New Silver Shape of a Hellenistic Askos

• Authors: Sideris Athanasios
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper discusses a relatively small wine container called an askos, which is part of a ‘treasure’ of silver vessels allegedly found in central Thrace. The askos is compared to several clay parallels excavated thus far exclusively in Thrace. These clay askoi occur in three different ceramic fabrics: banded ware, a fabric with painted floral and geometric motifs, and monochrome ware. Our silver exemplar is dated to the very end of the 4th century BC and attributed to a workshop most plausibly located in a Greek colony of the western Black Sea coast.

Keywords

EN

Silverware; treasure; askos; toreutics; banded ware; monochrome ware; Thrace; Hellenistic period; Black Sea workshop; Chian standard

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Studia Hercynia
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 92-101

Contributors

author

Sideris Athanasios