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Vaulted Tombs of Mesara ➔ Clay model of a circular building

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Clay
Mended and restored in a few places.
Height: 15.4 cm. Base diameter: 9.7 cm.
Lebena
Tomb ΙΙ, Yerokambos
Early Bronze Age. Prepalatial period, Early Minoan Ι-ΙΙI period.:
3100 - 2400 BC:
Gallery:
I
Case:
8
Exhibition thematic unit:
Early Bronze Age - Prepalatial period (3000 - 1900 BC). Settlements and cemeteries - the rise of ruling groups
For the dead. From personal event to communal practices
Description
Unusual clay object from Tholos Tomb II at Yerokambos in Lebena. It is probably a model of a circular house. The four openings in the body of the vessel, three of irregular shape and a larger rectangular one, are interpreted as windows and a doorway. The open pierced cylinder in the roof probably represents the chimney. At one end of the roof is a projecting hornlike handle with a hole in the base, similar to those found on vessels of the same period. The model was deposited as a burial offering together with vessels of various types.
Bibliography:
Alexiou, S. "New Light on Minoan Dating: Early Minoan Tombs at Lebena." The Illustrated London News 237, 6 August 1960: 225-227, fig. 16. Alexiou, S. and P. Warren. The Early Minoan Tombs of Lebena, Southern Crete. Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology Vol. XXX. S?vedalen, 2004, 114, fig. 32:512, pl. 109A, Β.
Author:
E. S.


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