Handled cup
Π2114
Clay
Restored on part of body
Height: 16 cm. Rim diameter: 22 cm.
Dictaean Cave (Cave of Psychro)
Late Bronze Age. Final Palatial period, Late Minoan IIIA2 period:
1370-1300 BC:
Gallery:
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Geometric - Archaic - Classical period (10th - 4th c. BC). The Sanctuaries. From Minoan cult to the amalgamation of religious beliefsCult caves
Description
Large cylindrical cup (tankard) with appliqué animal of which only the feet survive, and red-painted octopus. This is a formal drinking vessel imitating a metal prototype.Bibliography:
D.G. Hogarth, "The Diktaian Cave", Annual of the British School at Athens 6 (1899-1900), σ. 94-116.Author:
M. K.Photographs' metadata