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Octopus duo

The other side

The other side

Following the tentacles of the octopus facing us, we can see that one tentacle is reaching out for its peer. Cretan stirrup jars typically only have one octopus, while the examples from East-Attica virtually always have two.Doi 2006, The octopus style: A study of octopus-painted Aegean pottery of 12th-11th centuries BCE, its regional styles, development and social significance (Doctoral thesis, University College London), 31-32/173-174 So East-Attican it is. Let us take a deeper dive...