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This jug dates to the beginning of the Iron Age. The black painted decoration resembles plant leaves or flowers. The body is barrel-shaped. It is also quite curious that half of the pot is reddish in colour; this might indicate that it was burned.

Key Patterns (repeated vertical and horizontal lines).

Know here as the Key Pattern, or a meander or meandros (Greek: Μαίανδρος) it is a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif. Such a design is also…

A number of warehouses were built on the central banks of Liepāja port at the end of the 17th century. The warehouse “Bezdelīga” was transferred to the museum.
Blocks for load descent/ascent were equipped in the openings of roof windows. The first…