Cup with Wreaths

early 1st century (Early Roman Imperial)

6.9 cm 7 cm

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The Greek inscription on this amber-colored, cylinder-shaped vessel has a reversed letter N, a common mistake for an artisan writing on a mold. Wreaths, palm branches, and the inscription, reading "Take the victory," indicate that the vessel was made to celebrate a contest or...

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6779
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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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