• Stone lamp with band of relief leaves around the rim



Stone lamp with band of relief leaves around the rim
Stone lamp with band of relief leaves around the rim

Stone lamp with band of relief leaves around the rim

Λ3072
Stone
Intact
Height: 8 cm. Diameter: 10.7 cm.
Zakros
Palace of Zakros, South Wing, Room XLIV
΄Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan I period.:
1600-1450 BC:
Gallery:
IV
Case:
42
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). The New Palaces. The zenith of Minoan civilisation
Palace of Zakros
Description
Stone lamp with a band of relief leaves around the rim and a relief band around the outside of the spouts in which the wicks were placed. Found in the Treasury of the Shrine of the palace of Zakros. A more elaborate version of the common clay lamp, it was displayed as a prestige item. Minoan artisans used a wide variety of stones, local and imported, soft and hard. This particular vessel was made of porphyry (antico rosso), probably imported from the Mani or Egypt.
Bibliography:
Platon, Ν. Ζάκρος. Το νέον μινωικόν Ανάκτορον. Athens, 1974, 126, fig. 72. Apostolaki, E. "Pedestalled Lamp." In Andreadaki-Vlazaki, M., G. Rethemiotakis and N. Dimopoulou-Rethemiotaki (eds), From the Land of the Labyrinth: Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C. Catalogue of the Exhibition From the Land of the Labyrinth: Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C., Onassis Cultural Center, New York, March 13-September 13, 2008. New York, 2008, 74.
Author:
G. F.


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