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Bronze jug

Χ843
Metal (Bronze)
Lower part restored.
Height: 35 cm.
Knossos
North-West Treasure House
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan ΙB period.:
1500-1450 BC:
Gallery:
VI
Case:
58
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). Private and public life. Bread and circuses
Public life. Banquets and communal messes
Description
Bronze jug with relief decoration of horizontal parallel ribs, a wavy band and drops. The arrangement of the decorative zone highlights the upper body of the vessel, stressing its curvature. The vessel would have been made of hammered sheets joined together. The lower part of the jug has been restored. It is part of an assemblage of bronze vessels from the Northwest Treasure House, an upper-class residence on the periphery of the Knossian palace, which was used during the Neopalatial period (1600-1450 BC).
Bibliography:
Evans, A. "The Palace of Knossos: Provisional Report for the Year 1903." The Annual of the British School at Athens 9 (1902): 122-123 figs. 76a-76b. Matth?us, H. Die Bronzegef?sse der kretisch-mykenischen Kultur. Munich, 1980, pl. 31.
Author:
G. F.


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