Category:Vase d'Amathonte (Louvre, AO 22897)

**Vase d'Amathonte**
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Instance of	vase;
Location	Room 316, Richelieu Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris
Location of discovery	Amathus (presumably);
Owned by	French State;
Collection	Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre;
Inventory number	AO 22897 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre);
Inception	1st millennium BC;
Diameter	320 cm; 117 cm (mouth);
Length	30 cm;
Height	187 cm;
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	Q115607214; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010118485
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English: Colossal Vase of Amathonte. From the courtyard of the sanctuary of Aphrodite in the acropolis of Amathonte (Cyprus). It contained water used for libations whose ceremonial is not known to us. A staircase on the side gave access. Shell limestone. Height: 1.87m, Outside diameter: 3.2m. 7th-5th century BC. Louvre museum (Paris, France).

Français : Vase colossal d'Amathonte. Provient de la cour du sanctuaire d'Aphrodite de l'acropole d'Amathonte (Chypre). Il contenait de l'eau utilisé pour des libations dont le cérémonial ne nous est pas connu. Un escalier sur le côté permettait d'accéder. Calcaire coquillier. Hauteur : 1,87m, Diamètre extérieur : 3,2m. 7e-5e siècle av. J.-C. Musée du Louvre. Voir Hélène Le Meaux, Le vase d’Amathonte, in : Actualités des études anciennes, ISSN format électronique : 2492.864X, 07/12/2023, https://reainfo.hypotheses.org/31457.

AO 22897