Gabbro chalice



Gabbro chalice

Λ2711
Stone (Gabbro)
Mended and restored.
Height: 7.5 cm. Rim diameter: 9.5 cm. Base diameter: 8 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
This gabbro chalice is one of four cups of the same type found in the Treasury of the Shrine of the palace of Zakros. Chalices were cult vessels, also seen in the later Camp-Stool Fresco depicting banqueting scenes, which probably adorned a room on the second floor of the West Wing of the palace of Knossos.
Bibliography:
Platon, Ν. Το νέον μινωικόν Ανάκτορον. Athens, 1974.
Author:
K. T.


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