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Ritual limestone mace
Ritual limestone mace

Ritual limestone mace

Λ2692
Stone (Limestone)
Intact
Length: 11.5 cm.
Zakros
Palace
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan ΙI period.:
1525/1500-1450 BC:
Gallery:
VIII
Case:
88
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). Minoan religion. Palace cult
Palace of Zakros. The Treasury of the Shrine
Description
Limestone ritual mace from the Treasury of the Shrine of the palace of Zakros. This is one of the three intact maces which were found together and whose purpose was clearly ritual, as their findspot attests. The fact that they were primarily used as sacred symbols is confirmed by ritual scenes on Minoan seals, depicting priests in ceremonial processions holding similar maces with long handles.
Bibliography:
Platon, Ν., Το νέον μινωικόν Ανάκτορον, Athens, 1974, 127. Manti-Platonos Μ. "Τελετουργικές Σφύρες και Ρόπαλα στο Μινωικό Κόσμο." Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς (1981): 74-83.
Author:
K. T.


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