• Imported Egyptian globular vessel-rhyton of porphyritic basalt



Imported Egyptian globular vessel-rhyton of porphyritic basalt
Imported Egyptian globular vessel-rhyton of porphyritic basalt

Imported Egyptian globular vessel-rhyton of porphyritic basalt

Λ2714
Stone (Porphyritic basalt)
Mended from many pieces and restored in small areas.
Height: 12.5 cm. Rim diameter: 13 cm. Base diameter: 11 cm.
Zakros
Palace
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan ΙI period.:
1525/1500-1450 BC:
Gallery:
VIII
Case:
89
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). Minoan religion. Palace cult
Palace of Zakros. The Treasury of the Shrine
Description
Imported Egyptian globular vase/rhyton of porphyritic basalt from the Treasury of the Shrine of the palace of Zakros. The vase is dated from the Predynastic period to the 1st Dynasty of Egypt. However, it was modified in Crete for practical and aesthetic reasons with the addition of handles and used as a rhyton.
Bibliography:
Platon, Ν. "Ανασκαφαί Ζάκρου." Πρακτικά της εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας (1963): 181.
Author:
K. T.


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