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Black-glaze oinichoe with a trefoil lip; body is adorned with incised foliate pattern.

Black glaze oinoche with trefoil lip; body adorned with a series of wide ribbed bands.

A black-glaze bowl; interior adorned with a notched pattern which radiates from a central tondo.

Terracotta frog lamp; unpierced pointed lug handle; large central filling-hole; one nozzle. Evidence of usage; was possibly glazed. Marks within the lamp indicate that it was likely mold-made, and that the top and bottom components were joined…

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.…

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: 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: 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…

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…

Circular, closed bracelet; etched pattern around exterior of band; with four indentations (1.5 cm long) equally spaced around band.

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…

Cylindrical shape with tapered and painted ends; green colouring. Possibly used to apply eyeliner or as an eyebrow pencil.

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 woman in a long sleeved, dotted chiton, a bordered himation, and sandals, with earrings, bracelets, and hair wound into a ball on the neck and fastened with a fillet, standing to right, twisting between the thumb and first finger of her right hand…

"On the shoulder, a seated woman, perhaps a goddess, is approached by four youths and eight dancing maidens. On the body, women are making woolen cloth. One of the most important responsibilities of women was the preparation of wool and the weaving…

"On each side, women working wool. Producing cloth for garments and other fabrics needed in a household was a significant task for women. It required special equipment such as a loom and loomweights as well as this utensil, known as an onos or…