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Silver cup with gilded handle and rim

Χ-Α692
Metal (Silver, Gold)
Intact
Rim diameter: 9.8 cm. Base diameter: 4.4 cm. Height: 7.5 cm.
Knossos, Agios Ioannis
Silver 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
Silver cup with gilded handle and rim. It is one of the vessels made completely of silver or gold that first appear in Crete during this period. Found in a chamber tomb named the “Silver 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, 349.
Author:
K. T.


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