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Agate seal with a man leading a bull
Minoan craftsmen were particularly skilled at the art of sea…
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Bronze double axe inscribed with Linear A
While the double axe was used as a tool in Minoan Crete, it …
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Minoan bull and acrobat
Different leaps are represented. In this version the leaper …
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Carnelian seal with a man driving a chariot
Minoan craftsmen were particularly skilled in the art of sea…
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Clay tablets inscribed with records in Linear B script
These tablets, made of unbaked clay, formed part of the exte…
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Fragment of painted plaster from a bull-jumping fresco
At the time of its destruction in about 1375 BC, the interio…
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Gold falcon
Although this falcon was found in Crete, it is very Egyptian…
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Gold pendant in the form of a goat
The Cretan wild goat, with its distinctive long curving horn…
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Green jasper seal-stone with signs in the Minoan 'hieroglyphic' script
This tiny seal stone is a good example of the precise skill …
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Large pottery storage jar (pithos)
This large storage jar was found in the third 'magazine' (st…
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Marble sarcophagus with lid
The sarcophagus is rectangular in shape and the lid is in th…
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Marble statuette of a woman
Small scale statuettes became extremely popular during the H…
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Pottery jar with exaggerated spout
This type of mottled pottery is known as 'Vassiliki Ware', a…
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Pottery vase with faint traces of white lilies
This tall vase was originally decorated with naturalistic sp…
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Stone vase shaped like a flower
The stone carvers of Minoan Crete made a range of elaborate …
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Faience rhyton
The conical rhyton , a ritual pouring vessel or sprinkler, w…
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Group of votive terracottas
Among the votive offerings left by the Minoans at their peak…
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Terracotta coffin (larnax)
This terracotta coffin comes from a Late Minoan cemetery. Th…
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Large globular flask
This flask was found in a tomb, where it was presumably buri…
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Mosaic glass bowl
About 80 BC, a small craft sank off the south-west coast of …
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Pottery stirrup jar
Stirrup jars are named after the stirrup shape that the hand…
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'West Slope' ware jug (oinochoe) with a gorgon's head on the neck
'West Slope' ware is named from early finds made on the west…
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Pottery 'Kamares' cup
Pottery in this style is called Kamares ware, named after th…
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Clay ground 'Hadra' water-jar (hydria), attributed to the Dromeus Painter
'Hadra' hydriai are named after the Alexandrian cemetery of …
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Glass triple-bodied bottle
It is comparatively easy to make a bottle with a double body…
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Pottery ointment jar (alabastron) decorated in the 'Marine Style'
This vase is decorated in the 'Marine Style', in which motif…
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Pottery vase with crinkled rim
When Flinders Petrie excavated the large Middle Kingdom (abo…
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Terracotta group of three dancers in a ring
This small terracotta group has three female figures wearing…
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Silver tridrachm of Gaius Caligula
There are many examples from history which show how easy for…
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Bronze relief with Aphrodite and Anchises
This decorative relief from a mirror cover shows the goddess…
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Red-figured cup attributed to the Kodros Painter
The decoration of both the inside and the outside of this cu…
