Object Description
Campanian black-glazed kernos with four small offering pots, interspersed with four protomes in the form of a female profile. Undecorated base.
The Kernos was used specifically as a container to hold offerings made to the gods. It was used specifically in cults centred around Demeter and Persephone. The receptacles probably contained foodstuffs of various kinds or perhaps of flowers.
Period: Late 4th century BC