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Two-spouted serpentine lamp
Two-spouted serpentine lamp

Two-spouted serpentine lamp

Λ2080
Stone (Black serpentine)
Almost intact, with minor restorations
Height: 13.2 cm. Maximum diameter: 30.4 cm.
Nirou Chani
Megaron
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan ΙI 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. Pithoid amphorae. Central buildings and settlements
Description
Two-spouted lamp of burnished black serpentine on a low disc base. It has two lugs instead of handles and simple relief decoration of horizontal grooves around the rim. It was found in one of the darkest rooms of the megaron at Nirou Chani (Room 3), where it was probably used for lighting.
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: 192-193, 223, pl. 167.3-4.
Author:
P. S.


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