Tubular vessel
Π1939
Clay
Intact, restored on a small part of the rim
Height: 52.7 cm. Base diameter: 20.4 cm.
Prinias
Patela, east of Temple A
Late Bronze Age. Postpalatial period, Late Minoan IIIC - Subminoan period.:
1200 - 970 BC:
Gallery:
XICase:
118Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Postpalatial period (1300-1100 BC). Settlements. Sanctuaries. TombsCommunal shrines
Description
Tubular vessel known as a “snake tube”, widening towards the base, with rows of four cylindrical handles down opposite sides. The lowest pair of handles appear to terminate in a tail. These serpentine handles and the relief snake models that occasionally adorn these tubular vessels are why they were originally named “snake tubes”. These vessels always accompany the figurines of the "goddess with upraised arms"; indeed, it has been suggested that each figurine had a corresponding tube. They were used as bases of vessels containing offerings to the deities. The vessel from Prinias was found together with similar tubes and fragments of figurines of goddesses on the east side of the Patela hill in 1900. Subsequent systematic excavations showed that this part of the hill was where objects from one or more shrines of the "goddess with upraised arms" had been discarded, although the remains of the shrines themselves have not been found.Bibliography:
Gesell, G.C. The Minoan Snake Tube: A Survey and Catalogue." American Journal of Archaeology 80 (1976): 247-259. Perna, K. "LM IIIC Material from the Votive Deposits of the Eastern Edge of the Patela near Prinias." Πεπραγμένα του ΙΑ' Διεθνούς Κρητολογικού Συνεδρίου. Ρέθυμνο, 21-27 Οκτωβρίου 2011. Vol. Α1.2. Rethymno, 2018, 171-187. Pernier, L. "Di una Citt? Ellenica Arcadica Scoperta a Creta dalla Missione Italiana." Bollettino d'Arte 2 (1908): 441-462. Wide, S. "Mykenische G?tterbilder und Idole." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Arch?ologischen Instituts Athenische Abteilung 26 (1901): 247-257.Author:
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