Heraklion Archaeological Museum - CollectiveAccess System : Clay objects : Red-slipped funnel [Π4543]

Red-slipped funnel

Π4543

Clay

Mended and restored.

Height: 14 cm. Rim diameter: 16.5 cm.

Palaikastro

Area SW of π 41

Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan Ι (?).:

1600-1500 BC:

Gallery:

Case:

Exhibition thematic unit:

Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). Private and public life. Bread and circuses

Daily life. Diet and food preparation

Description

Simple funnels, with globular body and cylindrical pouring stem, were used for everyday decanting and filtering of liquid commodities. The lack of decoration differentiates them from the rhyta, vessels which served the same function but appear to have also been used in ritual practices. The fact that the whole body is coated in red paint may be an attempt at waterproofing the porous surface of the clay as much as possible, to make it less absorbent when decanting liquids such as olive oil.

Bibliography:

Bosanquet, R.C. and R.M. Dawkins. The Unpublished Objects from the Palaikastro Excavations: 1902-1906. The British School at Athens Supplementary Papers 1. London, 1923, 72-3, fig. 58 b.

Author:

I. N.

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