Heraklion Archaeological Museum - CollectiveAccess System : Clay objects : Rhyton in the shape of a seated pregnant woman [Π2841]

Rhyton in the shape of a seated pregnant woman

Π2841

Clay

Mended and restored on most of the body.

Height: 18 cm.

Gournia

House Ε

Late Bronze Age. Postpalatial period, Late Minoan ΙIIB period.:

1300-1200 BC:

Gallery:

Case:

125

Exhibition thematic unit:

Late Bronze Age - Postpalatial period (1300-1100 BC). Settlements. Sanctuaries. Tombs

Description

Clay rhyton in the shape of a pregnant woman. There is a hole in the crown of the head and another in the bottom of the vessel. This the is the earliest-known and most naturalistic example of a group of clay vessels of the Late Minoan III period. They are Cretan versions of the Egyptian alabaster vessels representing pregnant women (Gravidenflaschen).

Bibliography:

Karetsou Α. (ed.). Κρήτη - Αίγυπτος, Πολιτισμικοί Δεσμοί τριών χιλιετιών. Κατάλογος, (2000), 263.

Author:

K. T.

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