Civic Archaeological Museum of Bologna: “Askos Benacci”; This vase is one of the most famous objects in the museum.It comes from a tomb in the Benacci burial ground, where it was found in 1875. This “askòs”, a word that in Greek means wineskin, is a terracotta vase made in the shape of an animal, with a pot-bellied body, a long neck and a bull’s head with curved horns. The vase was used as a container for fine liquids, introduced through the opening in the back an
