• Marine Style rhyton



Marine Style rhyton
Marine Style rhyton

Marine Style rhyton

Π5408
Clay
Mended and restored
Height: 27 cm. Max. Diameter: 106 cm.
Pseira
Building BQ
Late Bronze Age, Neopalatial period, Late Minoan IB period:
1500-1450 BC:
Gallery:
V
Case:
47
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). The New Palaces. The zenith of Minoan civilisation
Settlements of East Crete
Description
Ovoid rhyton with decoration of dolphins against a lattice pattern, perhaps representing the sea, in black on a buff slip. The rhyton is in the Marine Style of the Special Palatial Tradition typical of Late Minoan IB. It has a tall neck with a thick relief ring around the base, a flat flaring rim, a small vertical handle and a hole in the conical tip for pouring libations. The vessel was found in Building BQ in the Minoan town of Pseira, together with other fine vases (mainly rhyta) in the Special Palatial Tradition of Knossian origin (such as the Late Minoan IB basket-shaped vessel ΑΜΗ Π5407 and the pyxis-shaped vessel ΑΜΗ Π5406), which were stored for use in a ceremony or procession.
Bibliography:
Betancourt, P. P., Davaras, C. (eds). Pseira IV: Minoan Buildings in Areas B, C, D, and F. University Museum Monograph 105. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, 1999, 134-135, 300, fig. 14 (BQ3), pl. 20 (Β.BQ3). Betancourt, P. P. "Pottery at Pseira in LM IB", in: T. M. Brogan and E. Hallager (eds), LM IB pottery: Relative chronology and regional differences. Acts of a workshop held at the Danish Institute at Athens in collaboration with the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete, 27-29 June 2007, Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens 11(2), The Danish Institute at Athens, 2011, 401-412. Seager, R. B. Excavations on the island of Pseira, Crete.Philadelphia, The University Museum, 1910, 29-32.
Author:
P. S.


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