A Published Megarian Ware Pottery Bowl, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd century BCE Writing This large Luristan bronze sword

This large Luristan bronze sword is an excellent example of the double bell-formed pommel style

its natural concentric layers in dark gray and white forming a pronounced eye motif

and wearing a short pleated kilt

the pointed base in the form of a lotus flower

Medieval European tombs drew inspiration from earlier Roman and Etruscan sculptural traditions

A Published Megarian Ware Pottery Bowl, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd century BCE Writing This large Luristan bronze swordA fine orange slipware pottery hemispherical bowl molded on the exterior with an elaborate relief decoration of palmette leaves alternating with stylized standing human figures and elongated amphorae, and a rosette in the center of the base. Center band of horizontal bars. Relief decorated pottery became more popular than painted pottery during the Hellenistic period. The name Megarian was first given to this type of mold made relief bowl in the late