Gold single-handled semiglobular cup



Gold single-handled semiglobular cup

Χ-Α758
Metal (Gold)
Incomplete
Diameter: 11 cm. Height: 3.7 cm.
Knossos, Agios Ioannis
Gold Cup Tomb
Late Bronze Age. Final Palatial period, Late Minoan ΙΙ – IIIA1 period:
1450-1375 BC:
Gallery:
X
Case:
100
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC) - Final Palatial period (1450-1300 BC).The cemeteries
Knossos Cemeteries
Description
Gold single-handled semiglobular cup with repoussé spirals and arcs, unique in Crete. It is evidence that tombs of the Final Palatial period were furnished with gold vessels and utensils as funerary offerings. Found with an assemblage of bronze weapons and the remains of a helmet in a chamber tomb named the “Gold Cup Tomb” in the cemetery of Agios Ioannis near Knossos.
Bibliography:
J. A. Sakellarakis, Μουσείο Ηρακλείου, Ekdotiki Athinon, 1982, 59. Ν. Dimopoulou-Rethemiotaki, Το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ηρακλείου,J. S. Latsis Foundation, 2005, 348-349.
Author:
K. T.


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