Ancestry of Greek vessel names; Snakes on Athena; Illyrian magistra

From: C. Darwin Goranson
Message: 48280
Date: 2007-04-07

Yesterday, I paid a long-overdue visit to the Royal Ontario Museum. I
was more happy than ever to visit the Ancient Greek section,
especially since they now had some Cycladic and Ancient Cypro-Minoan
wares, though dang it all, they didn't have any Linear A, and the one
picture of a Linear B tablet was untranslated. Even so, I managed to
copy a list of the main different kinds of Ancient and Classical
Greek vessels.
Throughout my visit, I had Indo-European on my mind. I'd love to know
which of these words might be of Indo-European origin. It'd certainly
be a fine connection with archaeology if we could find similar names
for vessels and ceramic wares in seperated and/or old IE cultures.

SERVING VESSELS
volute-krater
kalyx-krater
amphora (and smaller version amphoriskos)
hydria
pelike
chous
stamnos (jar)
lebes (basin)
psykter (wine cooler)

DRINKING VESSELS
kantharos
kylix
skyphos

CEREMONIAL VESSELS
loutrophoros (wedding vase)
rhyton (for offering)

COSMETICS CONTAINERS
lekaris
pyxis

OIL AND PERFUME FLASKS
lekythos
alabastron
aryballos
askos

chytra (cooking pot)


Noticing a reconstruction of the Great statue of Athena, I saw a
large snake between her and her shieldm and a great many small ones
on her breastplate. What did this signify?

Finally, I spotted a piece of money with the name of an Illyrian
magistrate's name on it, but it's impossible for me to know where the
name starts, as it goes around a square.
Top: DYR
Right side: LY
Bottom: KO
Left side: Y