Warrior vase
The so-called warrior vase (also: warrior vase from Mycenae ) comes from the late phase of the Mycenaean culture . That in the time around 1100 BC BC (phase SH III C medium ) is now in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens (NAMA) with the inventory number 1426. It was excavated in the "House of the Warrior Crater" in Mycenae , and is thanks to its good state of preservation and completeness figurative decoration is the most famous piece of Mycenaean ceramics .
It's a big crater . The painting is carried out in black-brown and red slip on a light brown, polished surface, details were additionally highlighted in a matt yellow color. Warrior scenes are depicted on both sides. A train of armed men is depicted on the front. They walk to the right in a long line. They are fully armed with a helmet , breastplate , greaves , and wear a shield and spear . Small bags are tied to the spears. Behind them stands a woman who, with a raised hand, says goodbye to the soldiers who are obviously going to war. On the back there are also armored but differently shaped warriors wearing helmets and waving spears. The two double handles of the vessel converge in the middle in a bull's head relief ( bucranion ). Two birds can be seen below each handle.
literature
- Katie Demakopoulou: Crater with Warriors . In: Katie Demakopoulou (ed.): Troja, Mykene, Tiryns, Orchomenos. Heinrich Schliemann on the 100th anniversary of his death . Exhibition catalog Athens 1990, pp. 147–148.
- Nikolaos Kaltsas : The National Archaeological Museum , Athens, OLKOS 2007, ISBN 978-960-89339-1-0 , p. 146. e-book online
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Individual evidence
- ↑ According to: Penelope A. Mountjoy , Mycenaean Pottery - An Introduction , 2nd ed. 2001, p. 100 (SH III C medium), compare chronology table, ibid. P. 4 (SH III C medium = approx. 1130 - 1070).