Heraklion Archaeological Museum - CollectiveAccess System : Bronze objects : Bronze stand accessory [Χ186]

The Panhellenic character of the Cretan sanctuaries ➔ Bronze stand accessory

Χ186

Metal (Bronze)

Partially preserved

Max. Height: 37 cm.Max. Length: 26.3 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 a large bronze stand. It is supported on rods delimiting the scenes on its four sides. The fragment preserves part of a multi-figured scene. In the central and better-preserved section is a ship with five rowers, a warrior with a shield, and a woman with upraised arms at the prow. Above this scene is a second image of a figure milking a cow, with another seated figure opposite. Under the main scene is a dog with a person bending towards it. The figures appear two-dimensional and are thought to be inspired by contemporary vase-painting. The stand may have been wheeled.

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, 41-42, no. 2-3, 44, no. 13 pl. XI:1, 5. Rolley Cl., “Les trépieds à couve cloueé”, in Fouilles de Delphes V, 3, Paris, 1977, 119, no.1, fig. 40-41. Rizzo M. A., “The First Explorations”, in Ancient Crete, A Hundred Years of Italian Archaeology (1884-1984), Rome, 1984, 28, fig. 5. 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 132, 135-136, 139, 142-145.

Author:

S. P.

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