Kernos
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In the typology of ancient Greek pottery, the kernos is a pottery ring or stone tray to which are attached several small vessels for holding offerings. Its unusual design is described in literary sour
Terracotta kernos from the Cycladic period (ca. 2000 BCE), found at Melos
In this votive plaque depicting elements of the Eleusinian Mysteries, a female figure (top center of rectangular portion) wears a kernos on her head
The Duenos inscription on its kernos vase
Gortyn
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Gortyn, Gortys or Gortyna is a municipality, and an archaeological site, on the Mediterranean island of Crete 45 km away from the island's capital, Heraklion. The seat of the municipality is the villa
Fragmentary boustrophedon inscription (code of law) in the agora of Gortyn
Inheritance regulations, fragment of the 11th column of the Law Code of Gortyn, Louvre
Detail of the ancient Odeon