Vaulted Tombs of Mesara ➔ Clay model of circular building with monumental entrance and human figurines
Π15072
Clay
Intact
Height: 13 cm. Width: 7 cm.
Kamilari
Tholos tomb at "Gligori Korfi"
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan ΙI period.:
1500-1450 BC:
Gallery:
IXCase:
97Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Final Palatial period (1450-1300 BC). The Knossos monopalatial systemCemeteries
Description
Clay model of a building, a ritual object. This three-dimensional composition represents a circular building with an enclosure delimited by horns of consecration and a dove. It has an doorway with a threshold in which a figure stands. A female figure is seated at a low table, perhaps kneading bread, while opposite her only the lower legs of a third figure are preserved. The presence of the bird and the horns of consecration indicates that the scene has a transcendental religious significance. The model was found in a room next to the entrance of the tholos tomb of Kamilari in the Mesara, together with another three clay models which may have been used in rituals. The tomb was used for many successive burials from the Protopalatial period (1800 BC) to the beginning of the Postpalatial period (1300 BC). It has produced abundant pottery attesting to communal wine-drinking and eating rituals during the funerary feasts held in the early Neopalatial period.Bibliography:
Levi, D. “La tomba a tholos di Kamilari presso a Fest?s.” Annuario della Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene 39-40 (1961-1962): 7-148. Novaro, D. 1999. “I modellini fittili dalla tomba di Kamilari: il problema cronologico.” In V. La Rosa, D. Palermo, and L. Vagnetti (eds), Επί πόντον πλαζόμενοι. Simposio italiano di studi egei, dedicato a Luigi Bernab? Brea e Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli: Roma, 18-20 febbraio 1998, Roma, 151–160. Girella, L. 2008. “Feasts in ‘Transition’? An Overview of Feasting Practices during MM III in Crete.” In L.A., Hitchcock, R. Laffineur, and J. Crowley (eds), DAIS. The Aegean Feast. Proceedings of the 12th International Aegean Conference/University of Melbourne, Centre for Classics 25-29 March 2008 (AEGAEUM 29), Universit? de Li?ge, University of Texas at Austin, 167?178.Author:
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