Libation Collection

Apollo offering a libation to the raven, kylix, 5th century BC
Attic White Ground kylix of the early 5th century BC. Showing Apollo sitting on a stool performing a libation whilst holding a lyre. A raven looks

Head of the Hindu God Bhairava from a Libation Vessel, Late 15th century. Creator: Unknown
Head of the Hindu God Bhairava from a Libation Vessel, Late 15th century

Phiale (Shallow Bowl for Pouring Ritual Libations), 300-250 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Phiale (Shallow Bowl for Pouring Ritual Libations), 300-250 BCE

Plaque: Lion and Ankh / Libation Vessel, Egypt, New Kingdom
Plaque: Lion and Ankh/Libation Vessel, Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasties 18-20 (about 1550 -1069 BCE)

Autumn Vintage Festival, 1877. Creator: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Autumn Vintage Festival, 1877

Psammetichus and the Bronze Helmet, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Psammetichus and the Bronze Helmet, 1890. Psammetichus I (664-610) king of the 26th Dynasty of Egypt used his helmet for libation in the Temple of Hephaestus

Offering to the Dead, 1880. Artist: Antique
Offering to the Dead, 1880. The veneration of the dead, including ones ancestors, is based on love and respect for the deceased. From Stories from the Greek Tragedies by the Rev. Alfred J

Bronze Situla with incised decoration showing warriors, Etruscan, Bologna, c6th century BC. A Situla is a bucket-shaped container, usually of metal or pottery and often richly decorated

Sumerian Libation Vase Hero Gilgamesh, Bulls and Birds from Warka, Uruk, South Iraq, c2000 BC. British Museum

Sumerian Libartion Vase from Uruk (Warka), Southern Iraq, c2900 BC. Uruk played a leading role in the early urbanization of Sumer in the mid 4th millennium BC. At its height c. 2900 BC

Roman Votive relief of Athlete from Republican Period, Rome, c2nd century BC. Capitoline Museum

Chinese bronze libation vessel, 12th century BC
Shang dynasty Chinese bronze Chueh libation vessel, from the Victoria and Albert Museums collections collection, 12th century BC

Mycenaean gold signet ring picturing a fertility rite, 13th century BC
Mycenaean gold signet ring from Tiryns, picturing a fertility rite. A lion headed genii hold libations in front of a goddess who holds a stemmed chalice

Two headed pagan Celtic figure, 5th century
Two headed pagan Celtic figure, with a libation hollow between the two heads, and really two separate figures. It is often compared to Spanish fiddle-idols

Minoan bulls head libation vessel from the royal palace at Knossos, from the Archaeological Museums collection of Heraclion on Crete

Detail of a Minoan sarcophagus from Crete
Detail of a Minoan sarcophagus from Ayia Triada on Crete. It depicts two priestesses pouring libations at an altar (note the double-axes) while a musician in female dress plays a seven-stringed lyre

Libation table in a Minoan palace, 21st-18th century BC
Libation table near the central court of a Minoan palace at Mallia on Crete, 21st-18th century BC

Limestone libation vase, late Uruk, Warka, Southern Iraq, 3300BC-3000BC
Limestone libation vase with two lions attacking young bulls, late Uruk, Warka, Southern Iraq, 3300BC-3000BC. From the British Museums collection

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