Heraklion Archaeological Museum - CollectiveAccess System : Bronze objects : Bronze bowl with depiction of bulls [Χ4848]

Bronze bowl with depiction of bulls

Χ4848

Metal (Bronze)

Intact

Height: 3 cm.Base diameter: 4.6 cm.Rim diameter: 11.3 cm.

Idaean Cave

Cave

Protogeometric-Geometric period:

830-800 BC:

Gallery:

XVII

Case:

169

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

Bronze bossed “omphalos” bowl. It is richly decorated, with a central rosette and three pairs of opposed bulls, their horns interlocked, around the circumference. There is a suspension hole in the edge of the rim. The style and decorative themes display Assyrian influences, as do the shields of the Idaean Cave.

Bibliography:

Sakellarakis J., “Ανασκαφή Ιδαίου Άντρου”, Πρακτικά της εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρίας 1983, 415-500. Stampolidis N. Chr. - Karetsou Α. (ed.), Ανατολική Μεσόγειος, Κύπρος-Δωδεκάνησα-Κρήτη, 16ος-6ος αι. π.Χ., Heraklion, 1998, 247-248. Sakellarakis J. - Sapouna-Sakellaraki E., Το Ιδαίο Άντρο. Ιερό και Μαντείο, Athens, 2013, 34-59.

Author:

S. P.

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