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Jug with double rim
Jug with double rim
Jug with double rim

Jug with double rim

Π2776
Clay
Mended and restored on parts of the rim, neck, handle and body.
Height: 28 cm.
Gournia
House Cm
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan ΙA period.:
1600 - 1500 BC:
Gallery:
VII
Case:
72
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). Minoan religion - Domestic and open-air cult
Domestic shrines Cult vessels
Description
Jug with globular body, tall narrow neck, horizontal double rim and cylindrical handle rising above the rim. Clay jugs of this shape are fairly uncommon and are thought to imitate metal prototypes. This example was found stored with fourteen rhyta of various shapes in House Cm. It has been argued that these vases were used in rituals in which members of other households also participated. The ritual use of jugs of this type is confirmed by some Minoan depictions, the most impressive being that carved on a stone triton-shaped vessel from Malia. It depicts Minoan genii using a jug with a double rim in some sort of ceremony.
Bibliography:
Baurain, C.- P. Darcque. "Un Triton en Pierre ? Mallia." Bulletin de Correspondance Hell?nique 107 (1983): 3-73. Boyd Hawes, H. et al. Gournia, Vasilike and Other Prehistoric Sites on the Isthmus of Hierapetra, Crete. Philadelphia, 1908, 24, 40, pl. VII: 37. Privitera, S. "The Rhyton-Hoards as Evidence for Feasting in Neopalatial Crete: the Case of Gournia." Creta Antica 6 (2005): 187-198.
Author:
E. S.


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