Carchesium (container)
A carchesium (Latin language, Latin), carchesion, or karkhesion (, ''karkhḗsion'') was a kind of drinkware of the ancient Greeks and ancient Romans, Romans. It is variously glossed as a cup, beaker, or goblet. Carchesia seem to have had several different forms but were generally somewhat elongated and narrower in the middle than at the top or bottom. They were used for wine in ancient Greece and wine in ancient Rome, Rome, as well as milk. They sometimes bore narrow handles. Carchasia were notably used in ritual libation, with Vergil having Aeneas pour out 2 of pure wine, 2 of fresh milk, and 2 of Sacrifice in ancient Roman religion, sacred blood over the tomb of his father Anchises. It was also used for pouring out offerings of honey. In late Antiquity, Sidonius Apollinaris, Sidonius associated the vessel with the Chaldean people (ancient), Chaldeans of Babylonia.Sidonius Apollinaris, Sidonius''Carmina'' II, l. 88./ref> The cup gave its name to the version of a crow's nest us ...
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Carchesium (beker) In Glas, 170 Tot 250 NC, Vindplaats- Tongeren, Collectie Gallo-Romeins Museum Tongeren, GRM 932
Carchesium may refer to: * Carchesium (container), a kind of Greek and Roman drinkware * Carchesium (ciliate), ''Carchesium'' (ciliate), named for its supposed resemblance to the ancient drinkware {{dab ...
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