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Small wide-mouthed jug

Π33169
Clay
Mended
Height: 13.4 cm.
Ιδαίο Άντρο
Cave
Stone Age. Final Neolithic period.:
4500 - 3100 BC:
Gallery:
I
Case:
2
Exhibition thematic unit:
Stone Age (7000-3000 BC). The first communities
Neolithic communities
Description
Vase with globular body, wide cylindrical neck and handle, probably used for serving liquids. Use ware, stone tools and jewellery of the Final Neolithic found in the Idaean Cave attest to its use in that period. It has been argued that the Neolithic use of the cave was of a ritual nature. However, the archaeological evidence for this is unclear, in contrast to later periods, when the Idaean Cave became one of the most important cult caves of Crete, mythologically associated with the god Zeus.
Bibliography:
Manteli, Κ. "Τελετουργική χρήση του Ιδαίου Άντρου ήδη από τη Νεολιθική Εποχή;" In Ο Μυλοπόταμος από την Αρχαιότητα ως Σήμερα. Πρακτικά Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου. Rethymno, 2006, 11-19. Sakellarakis, Y. "Ανασκαφή Ιδαίου Άντρου." Πρακτικά της εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας 139 (1983): 415-500. Sakellarakis, Y. "Idaean Cave. Η Μινωική και Ελληνική Λατρεία." Κρητικά Χρονικά 28-29 (1988-1989): 22-27.
Author:
E. S.


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