Multiple ritual kernos



Multiple ritual kernos

Π33093
Pink clay
Mended from many fragments with restorations on the cups
Pres. height: 27.8 cm. Max. diameter: 11 cm.
Gortyn
Sanctuary of Athena on the Acropolis
Daedalic period:
7th c. BC:
Gallery:
XVII
Case:
178
Exhibition thematic unit:
Geometric - Archaic - Classical period (10th - 4th c. BC). The Sanctuaries. From Minoan cult to the amalgamation of religious beliefs
Sanctuary of Athena on the Acropolis
Description
Multiple ritual kernos. It consists of a tall, spool-shaped base and three successive tiers of five adjoining cups each, arranged in a circle in such a way that the upper cup is supported on the join of the two lower ones. At the top is a circular house model with a smoke-hole/chimney in the centre and an almost square doorway. On the shoulder/roof of the house are preserved parts of two handles and the beginning of a third. Each section of the vessel is decorated with painted brown-black bands.
Bibliography:
Jοhannowsky, Il santuario sull'acropoli di Gortina, Atene 2002, p. 29, no. 190, pl. 14.
Author:
K. S.


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