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Bronze cauldron

Χ3068
Metal (Bronze)
Intact
Height: 24 cm. (without handles) Rim diameter: 22 cm. (without spout)
Malia
Quartier Μu, Building C
Middle Bronze Age. Protopalatial period, Middle Minoan IIB period.:
1750 - 1700 BC:
Gallery:
II
Case:
16
Exhibition thematic unit:
Middle Bronze Age - Late Prepalatial-Protopalatial period (2200-1700 BC). From small communities to towns
The emergence of palatial settlements: Towns and houses Life in the settlements
Description
Bronze tripod cauldron with three handles. The hemispherical, spouted body is made of a single sheet of bronze. The handles and legs are square in section and attached to the body by rivets. Found with another two bronze tripod vessels in Building C. They may even have been made there, as there is evidence of a metalworking workshop in the area. The bronze cauldrons from Quarter Mu at Malia inaugurated a type of vessel that was to become popular and continue in use until the end of the Bronze Age.
Bibliography:
Detournay, Β., J.-C. Poursat and F. Vandenabeele (eds). Le Quartier Mu II. ?tudes Cr?toises 26, Paris, 1980, 77, fig. 95-99. Poursat, J.-C. Artisans Minoens: Les Maisons-Ateliers du Quartier Mu. ?tudes Cr?toises 32. Paris, 1996, 69, 115-118.
Author:
E. S.


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