Cycladic handle (NAMA 6140 A)

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The Cycladic handle ( National Archaeological Museum Athens , inventory number 6140 A) is a clay vessel from the Bronze Age Cycladic culture . It comes from the important find from grave 26 of Louros Athalassou on the Cycladic island of Naxos . It is unique in shape and design. The purpose of the handles is not known, they are often referred to as "Cycladic pans".

description

Grip 6140 A of the Louros type

The handle shell is only partially preserved. The handle and a small piece on the lower right edge are missing. It has a height of 3.7 cm, the diameter of the protruding, circular base plate is 21 cm. The unadorned wall with an outwardly bent edge zone is placed vertically on the base plate. The bowl is provided with a brownish coating, the base plate is polished in stripes. Their decorations are carved and filled with a white paste-like substance. A central, small circle with short dense rays is symmetrically surrounded by a spiral quatrefoil . Elongated, S-shaped double lines connect the spirals with one another. Near the edge between the spirals, four fish are shown counterclockwise. The composition of their decoration and the use of the fish motif are unique.

Origin and meaning

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Greek anthropologist Clone Stephanos carried out numerous excavations in the south and west of Naxos. In the Louros Athalassou cemetery , all graves with one exception were disturbed. This later referred to in a listing as grave 26 (Τάφος 26ος) was particularly rich in gifts. In addition to the handle, it contained seven Cycladic idols with stubby arms of the Louros type , six necklaces, including one with around 200 silver plates, copper or bronze axles, obsidian blades and several ceramic vessels. The grave find was assigned to the Kampos group by Eva-Maria Bossert ; according to Colin Renfrew , it belongs to the end of the Grotta Pelos culture at the same time as the Kampos group. Because of the missing handle, according to Renfrew, it could also be a lid, but Coleman suspects a narrow rectangular handle. Rambach also thinks a slightly trapezoidal plate handle is possible and gives examples.

literature

  • John E. Coleman: "Frying Pans" of the Early Bronze Age Aegean. In: American Journal of Archeology. 89.2, 1985, p. 210.
  • Katie Dimakopoulou: Clay “Frying Pan” Vessel. In: Lila Marangou (ed.): Cycladic Culture-Naxos in the 3rd Millenium BC. Nicholas P. Goulandris Foundation - Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens 1990, ISBN 960-7064-002-X , p. 109 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dimakopoulou: Clay "Frying Pan" Vessel. 1990, p. 109.
  2. ↑ Jörg Rambach: Cyclades II. The early Bronze Age - grave and settlement findings. Habelt, Bonn 2000, ISBN 3-7749-2831-2 , plate XXV.3.
  3. ^ Coleman: "Frying Pans" of the Early Bronze Age Aegean. 1985, p. 210 .; Dimakopoulou: Clay “Frying Pan” Vessel. 1990, p. 109 .; Werner Ekschmitt : The Cyclades. Bronze Age, Geometric and Archaic Age . Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1993, ISBN 3-8053-1533-3 , p. 55 ff .; Rambach: Cyclades II. The early Bronze Age - grave and settlement findings. 2000, p. 202.
  4. ^ Coleman: "Frying Pans" of the Early Bronze Age Aegean. 1985, p. 197 f .; Rambach: Cyclades II. The early Bronze Age - grave and settlement findings. 2000, p. 202.
  5. ↑ Clone Stephanos: Ἀνασκαφαὶ ἐν Νάξῳ [ Anaskaphai en Naxo ]. In: Praktika tis en Athinais Archeologikis Eterias. Athens Archaeological Society (ed.), Pp. 57–61
  6. ↑ Georgios Papathanasopoulos: Κυκλαδικὰ Νάξου [ Cycladica Naxou ]. In: Archeologikon Deltion. Volume 17, 1962, pp. 132-137. Plates 66–70. (Greek)
  7. ^ Tristan B. Carter: 'Through a glass darkly': Obsidian and society in the southern Aegean Early Bronze Age. Ph.D. Thesis, University of London, 1998, p. 154 .; Efi Karantzali: Le Bronze Ancien dans les Cyclades et en Crete. The relations between the two regions. Influence de la Grece Continentale. BAR International Series, Hadrian Books, Oxford 1996, ISBN 0-86054-813-9 , p. 23. Online
  8. ↑ Rambach: Cyclades II. The early Bronze Age - grave and settlement findings. 2000, p. 23.
  9. ^ Coleman: "Frying Pans" of the Early Bronze Age Aegean. 1985, p. 210.
  10. ↑ Rambach: Cyclades II. The early Bronze Age - grave and settlement findings. 2000, p. 203.

Web links

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