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        "tombstone": "Phiale (Libation Dish), c. 500\u2013400 BCE. Greece. Bronze; diameter: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Vivian Merrin, 1980.296",
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        "title": "Phiale (Libation Dish)",
        "creation_date": "c. 500\u2013400 BCE",
        "creation_date_earliest": -500,
        "creation_date_latest": -400,
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        "department": "Greek and Roman Art",
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        "measurements": "Diameter: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.)",
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                    "description": "CMA, \"Year in Review 1980,\" CMA Bulletin (1981), 211, no. 5.",
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        "did_you_know": "The central projection within the <em>phiale</em> is called an <em>omphalos</em> (\u201cnavel\u201d).",
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        "description": "This <em>phiale </em>or libation dish takes the form of a shallow bowl with a round protrusion in the center. Dishes of this type were used for many different rituals: when asking for blessings or good fortune, giving thanks, praying for fertility, and when celebrating athletic victories or weddings. Pouring libations for the gods was one of the oldest forms of worship in the ancient world.",
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                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1980.296-phiale-libation-dish"
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                "citation": "Lee, Sherman E. \"The Year in Review for 1980.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 68, no. 6 (1981): 163-219.",
                "page_number": "Listed, p. 211, no. 5.",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-29 07:45:04.607000"
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