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Phiale (Libation Dish)
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Phiale (Libation Dish)

c. 500–400 BCE · bronze

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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This phiale or libation dish takes the form of a shallow bowl with a round protrusion in the center. Dishes of this type were used for many different rituals: when asking for blessings or good fortune, giving thanks, praying for fertility, and when celebrating athletic victories or weddings. Pouring libations for the gods was one of the oldest forms of worship in the ancient world.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit linePhiale (Libation Dish), c. 500–400 BCE. Greece. Bronze; diameter: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Vivian Merrin, 1980.296
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