• Two-handled cup-kantharos



Two-handled cup-kantharos
Two-handled cup-kantharos

Two-handled cup-kantharos

Π5574
Clay
Mended
Height: 7.5 cm. Rim diameter: 10.5 cm.
Mochlos
Settlement, under House D
Early - Middle Bronze Age. Prepalatial period, Early Minoan ΙΙΙ - Middle Minoan ΙA period.:
2200 - 1900 BC:
Gallery:
I
Case:
8
Exhibition thematic unit:
Early Bronze Age - Prepalatial period (3000 - 1900 BC). Settlements and cemeteries - the rise of ruling groups
For the dead. From personal event to communal practices
Description
This two-handled carinated cup-kantharos is an example of the mature phase of White-on-Dark Ware. It is dated based on the development of the style in Middle Minoan I. Late features of the style are the carination near the centre of the body and the arrangement of the decoration in panels.
Bibliography:
Betancourt, P.P. East Cretan White-on-Dark Ware. University Museum Monograph 51. Philadelphia, 1984, 19, 33, 44. Seager, R.B. "Excavations on the Island of Mochlos, Crete, in 1908." American Journal of Archaeology 13 (1909): 273-303, fig. 13 top row, right.
Author:
E. S.


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