Heraklion Archaeological Museum - CollectiveAccess System : Bone/Ivory/Wood/Shell : Ivory relief covering [Ο-Ε358 - 360, 389

Ivory relief covering

Ο-Ε358 - 360, 389 - 414, 349

Bone (Ivory)

Fair

Dimensions of whole composition: 39 Χ 18 cm. approx.

Phourni

Phourni, Cemetery, Tholos Tomb A, rectangular side chamber

Late Bronze Age, Final Palatial period. Late Minoan IIIA1 period:

1400 -1350 BC:

Gallery:

Case:

110

Exhibition thematic unit:

Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC) - Final Palatial period (1450-1300 BC).The cemeteries

Grave goods of the Illustrious dead. Knossos - Archanes - Katsambas and Phaistos area

Description

Composition of plaques and inlays of figure-of-eight shields, papyrus flowers and warriors’ heads in boar’s-tusk helmets. The relief ivory pieces covered a valuable, probably rectangular casket or stool. The shields and male heads with their characteristic helmets summarise the Mycenaean pictorial repertoire of the period. The assemblage was found in the side chamber of a tomb containing a rich female burial, probably that of an high-ranking figure of the time.

Bibliography:

Sakellarakis, J. and E. Sakellaraki,1997. Αρχάνες: μια νέα ματιά στη μινωική Κρήτη, Athens: Ammos Editions. Vol. Β, p. 721-729, fig. 836-847.

Author:

D. S.

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