Stone tripod mortar
Λ403
Stone (Trachyte)
Almost intact. Chipped on parts of the rim
Height: 16 cm. Diameter: 21 cm.
Gournia
Palace
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan I period.:
1600-1450 BC:
Gallery:
VCase:
50Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). The New Palaces. The zenith of Minoan civilisationTrade and foreign contacts. Minoan Thalassocracy. International commerce and cultural influences
Description
Tripod mortar of dark trachyte with porous surface. It has a semiglobular basin, relatively shallow and gently curved, and three tall, four-sided feet, tapering upwards. Vessels of this type were widespread in the East Mediterranean in the second millennium BC. They probably first appeared in the Syro-Palestine region and spread from there to western Asia Minor, Cyprus and the Aegean. They appear in Crete in the Neopalatial period, at various sites in the centre and east of the island (Knossos, Poros, Agia Triada, Nirou Chani, Malia, Chondros Viannos, Gournia, Palaikastro, Zakros, etc.). Although some may have been made in Crete, most are believed to be Syrian imports. They are dated to the Neopalatial period (Late Minoan Ι), a time of intense commercial and other contacts between Crete and the East.Bibliography:
Hawes-Boyd H., B.E. Williams, R.B. Seager, and E.H. Hall. Gournia, Vasiliki, and Other Prehistoric Sites on the Isthmus of Hierapetra, Crete: Excavations of the Wells-Houston-Cramp Expeditions 1901, 1903, 1904. Philadelphia, 1908, 31-32, Pl. III.65. Buchholz, H. G. “Steinerne Dreifussschalen des ?g?ischen Kulturkreises und Ihre Beziehungen zum Osten.” Jahrbuch des Deutschen Arch?ologischen Instituts 78 (1963): 1-77. Warren, P. Minoan Stone Vases. Cambridge, 1969, 115-17. Karetsou, A., M. Andreadaki-Vlazaki, and N. Papadakis (eds). Κρήτη - Αίγυπτος. Πολιτισμικοί δεσμοί τριών χιλιετιών. Κατάλογος Έκθεσης. Heraklion, 2000, 37, 47, 97-99.Author:
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