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Piriform amphora

Π26787
Clay
Intact, mended and restored.
Height: 49 cm. Rim diameter: 4.5 cm. Base diameter: 10.6 cm.
Archanes
Tourkogeitonia - Palatial Building
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan ΙB period.:
1500-1450 BC:
Gallery:
IV
Case:
42
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). The New Palaces. The zenith of Minoan civilisation
Archanes palatial building. Palace of Zakros.
Description
Amphora with piriform body, tall neck and two vertical handles, the whole representing a woman with upraised arms. Oval mouth and disc base. It has brownish-black painted decoration on buff slip, with horizontal bands around most of the body apart from the central section, where there are two double axes vertically arranged. This may be a special shape produced by a local pottery workshop in the Archanes area. Probably intended for ritual use.
Bibliography:
Sakellarakis, Y. and Ε. Sapouna-Sakellaraki. Αρχάνες. Μια Νέα Ματιά στη Μινωική Κρήτη, Vol. II (Greek edition). Athens, 1997: 444-445 (fig. 424). Betancourt, Ph.P. Η Ιστορία της Μινωικής κεραμεικής (trans. Th. Iliopoulos). Athens, 1985, 195.
Author:
P. S.


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