Nina Willburger

We all need a timeline cleanse right now, so let's start the day with this lovely jug with an octopus motif, dating ca 1200-1100 BC.

On display at National Museum Copenhagen.

A lovely weekend to all of you!

📷 me

#archaeology

Mar 7 at 6:48amWeb
Show threadAbhijit Menon-SenMar 7
@ninawillburger Where is it from?
Show threadAsh-Miw-ReMar 7
@amenonsen @ninawillburger I think it's Mycenaean. My parents used to have a coffee table book with one a lot like this in it.
Show threadGeorg SommerMar 7
@amenonsen @ninawillburger I guess its Minoan. Wonderfull!
Show threadFlorian EichbergerMar 7

@ninawillburger I love those! The museums in #Cyprus have quite a few of them.

#octopus #pottery

Show threadGJ Groothedde 🇪🇺Mar 7
@ninawillburger Gorgeous!
Show threadSeanBurlington 🌈 🕊️Mar 7

@ninawillburger we love these

Here is my son's interpretation in the form of a paper mache bowl

Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShellMar 7

@ninawillburger

The poor thing looks terrified

Show threadCaycedoMar 7
@ninawillburger never saw Mr Burns depicted in a jar
Show threadGuillotine Jones, FlâneurMar 8
@ninawillburger
Octopus?
Are you tripping or am I?
No disrespect intended.
It just seemed very abstract, but in the context of other examples of ancient clayware decorated with octopuses -- shown in this thread -- I now wish to withdraw my impertinent questions, Nina.