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Chapter 10 - Stone Vases, Metalware, and Miscellaneous

from Part II - The Art of the Aegean Early Bronze Age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2022

Jean-Claude Poursat
Affiliation:
University of Clermont-Ferrand
Carl Knappett
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Summary

As with the figurines, marble vases mostly come from burials: they too form part of the set of prestige goods interred with the deceased. The commonest type from the beginning of the Early Cycladic (EC) is the ‘kandyli’ (the name is borrowed from the hanging oil lamps in Orthodox churches); these vessels can vary from 7 to 37 cm in height with a tall narrow neck, rounded belly in the shape of a sea urchin, and a small conical foot (AE1, fig. 85). Pierced horizontal lugs permit its suspension. The function is unclear; the interior is often very shallow, which makes it an unlikely drinking vessel (Getz-Gentle 1996, 38). Tall beakers have their precursors in stone or clay in the Final Neolithic period (Figure 5.2); now, though, they have a flat base and their lateral suspension lugs are less angular than in the Neolithic (AE1, fig. 86).

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Further Reading

Effinger, 1996: Effinger, M., Minoischer Schmuck, Oxford.Google Scholar
Getz-Gentle, 1996: Getz-Gentle, P., Stone Vessels of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age, University Park, PA.Google Scholar
Kilian-Dirlmeier, 2005: Kilian-Dirlmeier, I., Die bronzezeitlichen Gräber bei Nidri auf Leukas, Mainz.Google Scholar
Warren, 1969: Warren, P., Minoan Stone Vases, Cambridge.Google Scholar

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