Garigliano Bowl
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The Garigliano bowl is a small impasto
bowl
with bucchero
glaze likely to have been produced around 500 BC, with an early Latin inscript. It was found in the vicinity of ancient Minturnae (now Minturno, Italy).
As for word division, PARI MED ESOM KOM MEOIS SOKIOIS is immediately clear ; the rest is more problematic.
Impasto
In English, the borrowed Italian word impasto most commonly refers to a technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface very thickly, usually thickly enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. Paint can also be mixed right on the canvas...
bowl
Bowl (vessel)
A bowl is a common open-top container used in many cultures to serve food, and is also used for drinking and storing other items. They are typically small and shallow, although some, such as punch bowls and salad bowls, are larger and often intended to serve many people.Bowls have existed for...
with bucchero
Bucchero
The term Bucchero Regarded as the "national" pottery of ancient Etruria, bucchero ware is distinguished by its black fabric as well as glossy, black surface achieved through the unique "reduction" method in which it was fired...
glaze likely to have been produced around 500 BC, with an early Latin inscript. It was found in the vicinity of ancient Minturnae (now Minturno, Italy).
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As for word division, PARI MED ESOM KOM MEOIS SOKIOIS is immediately clear ; the rest is more problematic.