#phiale

[nike-apteros]

Front and (a rare) back photo of the 10ft tall "Athena Velletri" a Roman marble copy of an original Greek bronze. The original bronze statue was mentioned by the Roman traveller Pausanius as being situated on the Acropolis in Athens. Her right arm originally held a spear whilst her left is generally believed to have held a phiale (a libation bowl), although a statue of Nike has also been suggested. Found in Italy, she currently resides in the Louvre 🏛🏺

[onenicebugperday]

Female jumping spider, Phiale sp., Salticidae

Photographed in Ecuador by Andreas Kay

[thatshowthingstarted]

"The Farnese Cup" - Phiale, Libation Bowl,

 Alexandrian production - Ptolemaic age (late 2nd-early 1st century BC),

Cameo Hardstone Carving Bowl in Four-layered Sardonyx Agate,

20 cm wide and is around twenty cm in Diameter

Archaeological Museum of Naples

[lionofchaeronea]

Ancient Greek silver phiale depicting the Amazonomachy.  Artist unknown; ca. 430-420 BCE.  Now in the Vassil Bojkov collection, Sofia, Bulgaria.  Photo credit: Gorgonchica/Wikimedia Commons.

[fishstickmonkey]

Etrusco-Corinthian Phiale Mesomphalos

Etruscan, 6th century B.C.

Attributed to the Rosoni Painter

Ceramic

Princeton University Art Museum

[archaicwonder]

Achaemenid Phiale Mesomphalos, 5th Century BC

A large silver phiale mesomphalos with remains of erased inscription around the inside of the rim, intersecting bulbous petals to the base, and to the centre a central boss.

Phiale Mesamphalos were the most popular form of drinking vessels and were produced in a number of materials, from clay through to silver and gold. They were used in banquets held by the nobility, but were also used to pour libations at religious festivals. They were a common gift from the king to the nobility which helped cement alliances among the different tribes of the Empire. They were also used as diplomatic gifts to visiting dignitaries and they were extremely popular in the kingdom of Macedonia where they were used for purely religious purposes. The central boss to the underside allowed the person using it to secure the fingers so that it did not slip whilst drinking from it.

[archaicwonder]

Eastern Greek Silver Phiale, 5th-4th Century BC

A phiale is a shallow ceramic or metal libation bowl. It typically has no handles, and no feet.