Crete
July 21, 2018



Above: From the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, two portable ovens found at Knossos, from 4500-3000 BC.

1 is a burial vessel found in Kyparissi, 2600-1900 BC.

2 is an ivory figurine buried with the dead, found in Archanes Phourni, 2300-1700 BC.

3 is a clay offering table from Phaistos in Crete, 1800-1700 BC.

4 is a jug from Phaitos, 1800-1700 BC.

5 is a stone door frame with rosettes from Knossos Palace, 1600-1450 BC.

6 is a ritual vessel with figure-eight handles from Hagia Triada, 1500-1450 BC.

7 is a Caananite amphora, 1500-1450 BC.

8 is a storage Pithoi from the Neopalatial period.

9 are clay vessels for the production of wine.

10 is the Boxer's Rhyton from Hagia Triada, 1600-1450 BC.

11 are replicas of ceremonial axes.

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