Friday, November 28, 2025

Maenads and Satyrs

 


This Megaran goblet features maenads and satyrs in seven couples, with the shepherd god Pan separating each pair from the next. 

Provenance: ?
Substance: terracotta
Dimensions: height 10.5 cm, diameter 15.3 cm. 
Era: third century BCE. 
Photo: Marwān Mislmānī.  
Collection: National Museum of Damascus  (acquired in 1952). 


Bašīr Zuhdī. Lamḥā ʿan al-ʾālāt al-musīqīyyā al-qadīmā wa mašāhid al-mūsīqīyyīin ʿala ʾāṯārinā al-fannīyyā. Annales archéologiques arabes syriennes 1972 (pp. 81-121).

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