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Title
Goddess of Myrtos, libation vase, crete, detail of head
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Annotation
Head of Goddess of Myrtos. Libation vase (rhyton) in the shape of a woman, found in the Early Minoan II settlement on the hill of Fournou Koryfi at Myrtos. It originally stood on the altar.
Detailed Info
| Object type |
small terracotta
head subjects of cult |
| Material |
terracotta
|
| Size | 0 |
| Author of the object |
no
|
| Condition | good |
| Original | yes |
| Historical period |
Early Bronze Age
Early Minoan |
| Date bottom | -2600 exact date: no |
| Date top | -2300 |
| Location of the object |
Krete
(
Kriti
Crete
)
Agios Nikolaos Myrtos |
| Museum |
Ag. Nikolaos, Archaeological museum
|
| Keyword |
goddess
female |
| Description | Head of Goddess of Myrtos. Libation vase (rhyton) in the shape of a woman, found in the Early Minoan II settlement on the hill of Fournou Koryfi at Myrtos. It originally stood on the altar withing the earliest extant domestic shrine from Minoan Crete. |
| Storage directory | AgNikolaos |
| Photographer | Zdenek Kratochvil |
| Updated at | 02-03-2010 12:33 |
| Created at | 02-03-2010 12:33 |
| Signature | 0501222y |
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