Stone ladle
Λ1545
Stone (Alabaster)
Intact
Max. length: 10 cm. Max. width: 8 cm.
Archanes
Troullos site
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Middle Minoan ΙΙI period.:
1700-1600 BC:
Gallery:
VCase:
53Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). The New Palaces. The zenith of Minoan civilisationLinear A and cult
Description
Stone ladle (miniature bowl) with Linear A inscription around the rim. Although the script has not been deciphered, the inscription on the ladle is comparable to others found on stone offering tables. It is probably a “libation formula”, a conventional invocation found in several variants. Miniature vessels of this type, like the larger ones on which they are modelled, were probably used to offer precious liquids. This inscribed artefact comes from an assemblage of votive offerings found at Troullos, Archanes, clearly indicating its owner’s desire to engage in competitive display through the inscription, which may include a name. Paint has been added to it to make it stand out more clearly from the white ground.Bibliography:
Godart, L., and J.-P., Olivier, Recueil des inscriptions en Lin?aire A. Volume 4. Paris, 1982, 58-59. Xanthoudides, S."Εκ Κρήτης." Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς (1909): 179–196. Flouda, G. "Materiality of Minoan Writing: Modes of display and perception." In K.E. Piquette and R.D. Whitehouse (eds), Writing as Material Practice: Substance, surface and medium. London, 2013, 166, fig. 121a. Facchetti, G.M., “Non-Onomastic Elements in Linear A.” Kadmos 38 (1999): 121–136 (131). Monti, O., “Consid?rations sur quelques termes des textes votifs lin?aires A.” Kadmos 44.1–2 (2005): 19–22 (22). Faure, P., “ATANU, ATANOWO, ATANUPI.” Cretan Studies 3 (1992): 89–95 (95).Author:
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