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Tripod cooking pot

Π29119
Clay
Intact, mended and restored.
Height: 27 cm. Rim diameter: 19 cm. Base diameter: 17 cm.
Amnissos
Villa
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Middle Minoan ΙΙΙ - Late Minoan I period.:
1700-1450 BC:
Gallery:
VI
Case:
54
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). Private and public life. Bread and circuses
Daily life. Diet
Description
Tripod cooking pot with deep body, simple base, everted rim with a small spout, and horizontal handle. Traces of fire are visible on the body. The pot was placed directly on the hearth and used to cook food such as pulses, meat and fish, prepared in large quantities, perhaps in the form of soup.
Bibliography:
Marinatos, S., "Ανασκαφή Αμνισού Κρήτης", Πρακτικά της εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας του έτους 1932 (1933): 76-94. Morrison, J. E., Chr. Sofianou, Th. M. Brogan, J. Alyounis and D. Mylona. "Cooking up new perspectives for Late Minoan IB domestic activities: an experimental approach to understanding the possibilities and probabilities of using ancient cooking pots". In Μ. Spataro and A. Villing (eds), Ceramics, Cuisine and Culture: The Archaeology and Science of Kitchen Pottery in the Ancient Mediterranean World. Oxford and Philadelphia, 2015: 115-124.
Author:
P. S.


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