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Bronze hydria

ΑΑ00017
Metal (Bronze)
Incomplete, Restored
Height: 56 cm. Width: 45 cm.
Knossos
House Southeast of the South House
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan ΙI period.:
1500-1450 BC:
Gallery:
VI
Case:
58
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). Private and public life. Bread and circuses
Public life and social events - The communal mess
Description
Bronze hydria (water-jar) with vertical handle on the upper part of the vessel and horizontal handle on the lower body. It is made of a single hammered sheet of bronze, while the two handles are attached to the body with rivets. Large hydriae of this type were usually undecorated and made by riveting together three or four horizontal strips of bronze. The preservation of such valuable vessels provides information on the techniques used to make metal vessels and their use for display at banquets, given that metal objects were often recycled so their valuable material could be reused.
Bibliography:
Matth?us, H. Die Bronzegef??e der kretisch-mykenischen Kultur. Pr?historische Bronzefunde II1. Munich, 1980, pl. 25. Clarke, C.F. The manufacture of Minoan metal vessels: theory and practice. PhD: The Australian National University, 2012, 35, fig. 19.
Author:
G. F.


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