Sophilos (active about 590 - 570 BC) was an Attic potter and vase painter in the black-figure style. Sophilos is the oldest Attic vase painter so far to be known by his true name. Fragments of two wine basins `’dinoi’’ in Athens are signed by him, indicating that he both potted and painted them. In total, 37 vessels are ascribed to him, mos....
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(from the article `mosaic`) ...both pebbles and lead wire. In somewhat later Alexandrian mosaics made with tesserae (late 3rd/early 2nd century ) lead threads are still in use; ...
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