General Greek Items from the David M. Robinson Collection
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      Stone saddle quern from Olynthus, 4th cent. B.C. Given to David M. Robinson by the Greek government.  Gift of Helen Tudor Robinson.
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      Left: Marble base of a perirrhanterion. From Olynthus.  5th or 4th cent. B.C.

      Right: Limestone anta capital. From Olynthus.  5th or 4th cent. B.C.

      Bronze hydria, said to have been found in a tomb near Aigion in Achaea in 1938, height 0.48 meters, handle finished in form of a female figure with acanthus palmette below.  Ca. 450 B.C.  See Robinson, AJA 46 (1942) pp. 173-185. 
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      Aryballos in the shape of a knucklebone, 5th-4th cent. B.C. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Peddle.
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      Terracotta mask of woman, 510-490 B.C., from Olynthos. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Peddle.
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      Terracotta architectural fragment, Etruscan or East Greek, late 6th C. B.C., mask of woman broken from roof tile Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Peddle.
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      Attic geometric horse handles from the lid of a pyxis, 8th c. B.C. Gift of Helen Tudor Robinson.
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      Bronze bull, geometric period, late 8th c. B.C. Gift of Lucy Turnbull.
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      Boeotian geometric centaur, 8th-7th c. B.C. Gift of Helen Tudor Robinson.
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      Mycenaean Kylix and Stirrup Jar, 1300-1200 B.C. Gifts of Helen Tudor Robinson.
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      Mycenaean Kylix, 1300-1200 B.C. Gift of Helen Tudor Robinson.
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      Mycenaean Stirrup Jar top from above, 1300-1200 B.C. Gift of Helen Tudor Robinson.
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      Left: "Pappas" figurine, Boeotian, 7th c. B.C. Gift of Helen Tudor Robinson. Right: "Phi" figurine, Mycenaean, 1300-1200 B.C. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peddle.

      Jug from Cyprus, Early Bronze Age.   Ht. 14.3 cm., dm. 9.2 cm.  Purchased from Professor F.J. Mather of Princeton, formerly in the Cesnola Collection.  See D.M. Robinson CVA Robinson Collection fasc. 1, pl. 1, no. 7. 

      Dog with puppy, found near Mycenae in 1928.  Probably Early Geometric period.  See D.M. Robinson CVA Robinson Collection fasc. 1, pl. 12, no. 14.

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