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Names were chosen to serve the exhibit on loom weights.

Puglia is highlighted in the small reference image in the upper right.

The names of the regions, and waterways identify the places mentioned in the exhibit on loom weights.

A wide and flat piece of marble with a drawing etched into a face.

A reproduction of the Minoan Snake Goddess statuette with hands outstretched, holding snakes, with cat on head.

A small mosaic fragment with intact tesserae (small cube-shaped pieces that create a mosaic). Four tesserae present, two beige two black-ish.

A small mosaic fragment with intact tesserae (small cube-shaped pieces that create a mosaic). Seven tesserae present.

Irregularly shaped chunk of mortar and stone, inlaid with mosaic stones. Mostly white, some red and black, forming a leaf and stem pattern. The leaves are formed by 5 red stones, with 2-3 black stones at the base of each leaf. At the edge of the…

A small mosaic fragment with intact tesserae (small cube-shaped pieces that create a mosaic). Six tesserae present.

A small mosaic fragment with intact tesserae (small cube-shaped pieces that create a mosaic). Six tesserae present, One black-ish, one white, three beige and one brown.

Round body; clay with ocre-reddish colour. Eros with torch in right hand and indeterminate object in left hand. Slightly projecting heart shaped nozzle with rounded termination. Underside of the nozzle is decorated with a single band of tongues…

Colour: Dark orange clay. Moldmade. Elongated round-tipped volute-nozzle; plain unadorned shoulder. One wick hole; one filling hole located at the lower right corner of the discus, near the ridge; two incised rings around discus.
Discus…

Colour: reddish brown. Clay. Round body with long nozzle; discus surrounded by a rim; concentric rings around filling-hole. One decorative knob on each side.
Discus iconography: pattern of petals that emanate from the filling whole and terminate…

Colour: Red with black (slipped or/and burnt). Round-tipped nozzle; one wick hole; curved unpierced handle. A worn leaf pattern decorates the shoulder.
Discus iconography: Artemis standing with bow in her left hand; her head is depicted in profile,…

Colour: orange-brown. Miniature lamp; two round-tipped nozzles; one central filling-hole; incised ring surrounding the filling-hole.
Discuss iconography: a series of petal-like shapes radiates from the incised ring surrounding the filling-hole.…

Black beaked

Rectangular ossuary lid featuring a sculpted reclining figure, holding a drinking vessel with a base in the shape of a ram's head. The figure, possibly a man, has their left arm propped on pillows and a wreath or necklace around their neck.

Small storage box for cosmetics, trinkets or jewelry. Black-glaze decoration on red ground; decorative friezes and solid horizontal bands encircle the exterior wall of lid; in the upper zone, an ogive pattern, beneath which is a narrow horizontal…