CLAS 145b Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Chariot Racing, Lateen
28 Oct 2017
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Hellenistic ceramics ii: stamped wares and trade lecture. Megarian bowls are roughly spherical vessels without foot or handles. They were primarily produced in athens and suddenly appear around 225 bce. They are a single innovation with no prior development in history. The designs were stamped onto the bowls with terracotta stamps. Typical motifs included an overlapping leaf pattern, floral patterns, and mythological scenes including the labors of hercules, hunting scenes, horse and chariot races, etc. Several distinct workshops in athens have been identified, indicated by discarded or wasted pieces, stamps and molds. The presence of signatures and monograms has resulted in the existence of groups, notably the bion group and monogram m group. Were large vessels used in the seaborne transportation of wine and oil. They have fairly consistent sizes and shapes throughout the hellenistic period. They are undecorated with the exception of stamps on the handles.
