Early Aegean sauce boat

Red Urfirnis sauce boat without handle from Orchomenos (2700–2100 BC)

Golden sauce boat from Troy (23rd century BC)

As Frühägäische sauceboat ( Engl. Sauce boat) or feeding cup is an Early Bronze Age vessel type from Greece called. It is one of the most important leading forms of the Early Helladic (FH II – III, 2650–2000 BC) and the Early Cycladic (FK II – III, 2700–2000 BC) and is often the most common after simple vessels Vessel type this time.

The archaeologist Carl Blegen suspected that the sauce boat developed from an oval bowl. A more or less elongated spout was attached to one end and a handle to the opposite side. The spout ended in a pronounced lip. The handle was attached either horizontally or vertically. In addition to the clay vessels, some of which were coated with original varnish, there were also models made of metal. The treasure of Priam , which Heinrich Schliemann discovered in Troy in 1873 , also contained a gravy boat made of solid gold. However, this had two large ring-shaped handles on the sides and two opposite spouts. It was probably not made in Troy, but imported from the Aegean Sea or mainland Greece.

literature

• Hans-Günter Buchholz , Vassos Karageorghis : Altägäis and Altkypros. Tübingen 1971, ISBN 3 8030 1000 4 , pp. 65, 86, 290, 341

Web links

Commons : Early Aegean Sauce Boat  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Carl Blegen : Korakou: a prehistoric settlement near Corinth , Boston and New York 1921, p. 7 ( online )