Greek Lament

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Ancient Greece: Song of Seikilos (YouTube)

Some other random images from a brief visit to The Ashmolean

Knossos Storage Jug

1450-1400 BC

Arthur Evans bequest

"Standing at an impressive 75 centimetres, this three-handled jar depicts an octopus with six arms swimming in an abstract seascape. It was presented to the Ashmolean in 1911 by the government of Crete through Sir Arthur Evans, Keeper of the Ashmolean from 1884 to 1908. The jar comes from the palace that Evans had excavated at Knossos and belongs to a culture he called Minoan, after the legendary King Minos" (Ashmolean).

Roman statue of a wounded Amazon

with horse rein for belt

Egypt (c.715-343 BC) 

Model of the cat-goddess Bastet

Copper alloy