Heraklion Archaeological Museum - CollectiveAccess System : Bronze objects : Bronze stand accessory [Χ185]

Bronze stand accessory

Χ185

Metal (Bronze)

Partially preserved

Max. Height: 19.5 cm.Max. Length: 14 cm.

Idaean Cave

Cave

Geometric period:

720-700 BC:

Gallery:

XVII

Case:

173

Exhibition thematic unit:

Geometric - Archaic - Classical period (10th - 4th c. BC). The Sanctuaries. From Minoan cult to the amalgamation of religious beliefs

Sacred Caves

Description

Fragment of the scenes on the sides of a four-sided stand found in the Idaean Cave. It probably belongs to the same stand as fragment Χ186. Here we see two helmeted warriors with shields on one of the supporting rods of the stand. The rod is shaped like a stylized chariot with the addition of a four-spoked wheel and a horse. Under the horizontal rod bearing this scene the head of another helmeted warrior is visible, meaning that the same motif was probably repeated in the decorative zone below. Stands were supports for bronze cauldrons, highly valuable prestige vessels forming a distinct category of find at the Idaean Cave and indicating its wealth and status.

Bibliography:

Orsi P.-Halbherr F., Antichita dell'Antro di Zeus Ideo e di altre localita in Creta (estratto di antichita classica vol. II punt. III), Firenze, 1888, 40-41, no. 1, pl. XI:2. Rolley Cl., “Les trépieds à couve cloueé”, in Fouilles de Delphes V, 3, Paris, 1977, 119, no.3, fig. 44. Papasavvas G., Χάλκινοι Υποστάτες από την Κύπρο και την Κρήτη: Τριποδικοί και τετράπλευροι υποστάτες από την Ύστερη Εποχή του Χαλκού έως την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου, Nicosia, 2001, 249-250, figs 140-141.

Author:

S. P.

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