Dinosaurs
Dinos by an unknown Attic painter, around 540 BC. Chr., Louvre (Cp 11243)
In classical archeology, a dinosaur is a large vessel with a hemispherical body made of clay or metal , which usually stands on a base. The dinosaur was used to mix water and wine .
In the ancient written sources a drinking vessel called Deinos or Dinos is mentioned, the shape of which has been compared to that of a human head, but cannot be precisely identified in the archaeological material. The term dinosaurs is therefore actually wrong in modern archeology; the term Lebes , which is also used, would be correct .
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