# The amphora with animal figures from Poduri

> Stop 9, Cucuteni Eneolithic Art Museum 'Gheorghe Dumitroaia'

On this amphora from Poduri, the craftsman painted animals. You can see them running around the vessel, with long bodies, slender legs and raised tails. In the Cucuteni B phase such images become increasingly common.

- Where: Room 2: the painted vessels
- Period: Cucuteni B (c. 3850–3500 BC)
- Material: Painted pottery
- Audio recording (1:04): https://museu-cucuteni.neamt.tesseramo.com/media/neamt/audio/muzeul-arta-eneolitica-cucuteni/en/cuc-09.mp3
- Stop page: https://museu-cucuteni.neamt.tesseramo.com/ghid/cucuteni-amfora-cu-siluete-animale-de-la-poduri?lang=en
- On the indoor map: https://museu-cucuteni.neamt.tesseramo.com/harta-interioara?stop=cucuteni-amfora-cu-siluete-animale-de-la-poduri&lang=en

## Narration

On this amphora from Poduri, the craftsman painted animals. You can see them running around the vessel, with long bodies, slender legs and raised tails. In the Cucuteni B phase such images become increasingly common. Studies of the bones found at Poduri show that its inhabitants knew at least 27 species of mammals, most of them domestic: cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. Hunting added deer and wild boar to the diet. The Cucuteni people were farmers and herders, and animals were part of their daily lives as well as their religious imagination. Look how dynamic the drawing is: a few lines are enough to suggest speed. Compare this amphora with the one next to it, painted with human figures. Together, the two vessels show us what mattered to this community: people, and the animals on which their survival depended.