• Low four-spouted poros stone lamp



Low four-spouted poros stone lamp
Low four-spouted poros stone lamp

Low four-spouted poros stone lamp

Λ2470
Stone (poros stone)
Mended and restored
Height: 10.5 cm. Max. Diameter: 18 cm.
Vathypetro
Megaron
Late Bronze Age, Neopalatial period, Late Minoan IB period:
1500-1450 BC:
Gallery:
V
Case:
45
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). The New Palaces. The zenith of Minoan civilisation
Settlements. Central buildings. Villas of Central Crete. Pithoid jars. Central buildings and settlements
Description
Four-spouted limestone lamp. It has a low cylindrical base, two lugs instead of handles, relief decoration of leaves around the rim and a central cavity with an incised edge. The lamp was used to light the central wing of the Minoan megaron of Vathypetro, while its quality indicates that it served a symbolic purpose.
Bibliography:
Platon, N., 1949, "Η αρχαιολογική κίνησις εν Κρήτη κατά το έτος 1949", Κρητικά Χρονικά 1949, 591-596. Marinatos, S., 1951, "Tο Μέγαρον Βαθυπέτρου", Πρακτικά της εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας του έτους 1950: 242-257 (see p. 248, fig. 8). Marinatos, S., 1951, "Ανασκαφαί Βαθυπέτρου Αρχανών (Κρήτης)", Πρακτικά της εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας του έτους 1949: 100-109. Warren, P. Minoan Stone Vases. Cambridge, 1969, 54 (P307).
Author:
P. S.


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