Clay cylindrical stand for vessels with religious symbols
Π8404
Clay
Mended and restored.
Height: 28. 5 cm. Diameter: 22 cm.
Gournia
Settlement
Late Bronze Age. Postpalatial period, Late Minoan ΙΙΙA2 period.:
1400 - 1375 BC:
Gallery:
XICase:
118Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Postpalatial period (1300-1100 BC). Settlements. Sanctuaries. TombsCommunal shrines
Description
Clay cylindrical vessel stand topped with horns of consecration. Behind the row of horns is a deep groove and a ring on which vessels containing offerings to the deity were placed. The body of the stand is open at top and bottom, while it consists of three wide projecting rings delimiting the main zones of painted decoration with motifs such as concentric lozenges and cross-hatching. On the two lower zones are decorated rectangular panels alternating with rectangular window-shaped openings with a central pillar. The upper zone bears horns of consecration, a symbol that crowned religious buildings. Fenestrated stands of this type borrow elements of Minoan architecture. They appear in Crete in Late Minoan IIIA and continue to the end of the Bronze Age.Bibliography:
Apostolakou, V. "Υποστάτης". In Ν. Chr. Stampolidis and Α. Karetsou (eds), Ανατολική Μεσόγειος. Κύπρος - Δωδεκάνησα - Κρήτη. 16ος-6ος αι. π.Χ. Heraklion 1998, 71-72. Evans, A.J. The Palace of Minos: A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos. Volume II.1. London, 1928, 133-134, fig. 70a, b, c. Kanta, A. The Late Minoan III Period in Crete. A Survey of Sites, Pottery and their Distribution. G?teborg, 1980, 280-281. Kountouri, E. "Ceramic Stands in the Late Bronze Age Aegean: Form and Function with Special Reference to a Stand from the Vlachopoulo Tholos Tomb in Messenia." In A. Dakouri-Hild and S. Sherratt (eds), Authochthon. Papers Presented to O.T.P.K. Dickinson on the Occasion of his Retirement. Oxford, 2005, 282-295.Author:
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