Apulian Red Figure Owl Skyphos, Apulia, South Italy, ca. 4th century BCE Weights & Measures and shallow ship to the

and shallow ship to the rim

This early ancient stone cylinder seal is incised with a crosshatch pattern

This gold pendant attests to the exceptional skill of Achaemenid goldsmiths

The fragment illustrates the continued use and adaptation of earlier New Kingdom texts into later funerary traditions

and drilled through the center for attachment to a wooden shaft

Apulian Red Figure Owl Skyphos, Apulia, South Italy, ca. 4th century BCE Weights & Measures and shallow ship to theThis elegant Apulian red figure skyphos is decorated with a pair of owls standing between stylized olive branches, a motif that evokes one of the most enduring symbols of the ancient Greek world. Rendered in the distinctive South Italian red figure tradition, the birds are shown frontally with large, watchful eyes and delicately detailed plumage, framed by vertical sprays of olive leaves. The restrained composition reflects the influence of Classical