Bridge-spouted skyphos with Floral Style decoration



Bridge-spouted skyphos with Floral Style decoration

Π7570
Clay
Intact
Height: 16.5 cm. Rim diameter: 10 cm.
Nirou Chani
Megaron
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan ΙB period.:
1500-1450 BC:
Gallery:
V
Case:
45
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). The New Palaces. The zenith of Minoan civilisation
Settlements. Central buildings. Villas of Central Crete
Description
Bridge-spouted skyphos with two vertical handles and disc base. It is decorated with brown Floral Style motifs on a buff slip. Α zone of reeds adorns the upper body, with horizontal bands on the lower body and horizontal lines on the handles. It was used to transport and decant liquids.
Bibliography:
Xanthoudides, S. "Μινωικόν Μέγαρον Νίρου". Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς (1922): 1-25. Warren, P. Minoan Stone Vases. Cambridge, 1969: 55 (P307). Sakellaraki, Μ. Ο χαρακτήρας και η λειτουργία των νεοανακτορικών κτηρίων. Η περίπτωση του Νίρου Χάνι. PhD Diss., University of Athens, 2011, 24, 172, pl. 116.2.
Author:
P. S.


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