Marine Style rhyton
Π3392
Clay
Mended and restored
Height: 29 cm. Diameter: 10.7 cm.
Palaikastro
Block Delta (Room 4)
Late Bronze Age, Neopalatial period, Late Minoan IB period:
1500-1450 BC:
Gallery:
VCase:
47Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). The New Palaces. The zenith of Minoan civilisationSettlements of East Crete
Description
Ovoid rhyton with decoration of two octopuses covering the surface of the vase, against a lattice pattern, perhaps indicating the sea, in black on a buff slip. The rhyton is in the Marine Style of the Special Palatial Tradition typical of the Late Minoan IB period. 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. It was found in Room 4 of Block Delta of the Minoan town of Palaikastro, where it was probably stored with other similar libation vessels, ovoid and conical rhyta, for use in a ceremony or procession.Bibliography:
Bosanquet, R. C. and R. M. Dawkins, 1923, "The Unpublished Objects from the Palaikastro Excavations: 1902-1906", The British School at Athens. Supplementary Papers, No. 1: 1-160 (see p. 49 and 52). Betancourt, P. P. Η Ιστορία της Μινωικής Κεραμικής (trans: Th. Iliopoulos). Athens, 1985: 200-203, pl. 20Β.Author:
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