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Bronze tongs

Χ3080
Metal (Bronze)
Intact
Length: 28.5 cm.
Zakros
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan IB period.:
1500-1450 BC:
Gallery:
VI
Case:
54
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). Private and public life. Bread and circuses
Daily life. Diet and food preparation
Description
Bronze tongs for use in food preparation, transporting coals and perhaps also for industrial activities involving the use of fire, such as the production of metal objects. The tongs were found with another twisted example in the palace of Zakros. It is worth noting that such objects are also mentioned on a Linear B tablet from the palace of Pylos in Messenia recording cult equipment.
Bibliography:
Platon, Ν. Ζάκρος. Το Νέον Μινωικόν Ανάκτορον. Athens, 1974. Palmer, L.R. Mycenaean Greek Texts. Oxford, 1963.
Author:
G. F.


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