Antefix Depicting Achelous

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 29 October 2019

Antefix Depicting Achelous — This leaf wreath antefix shows the head of Achelous. Achelous was the god of water and rivers of the whole world. Clay. From Curti, near Capua, Italy. Etruscan, 480-460 BCE. It is on display at the Altes Museum in Berlin, Germany.

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Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2019, October 29). Antefix Depicting Achelous. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/11392/

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