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Pottery Of The Late Bronze Age

Rebecca Moore

Similar Objects

  • Minoan stirrup jar
  • Dated to 1300-1200 B.C
  • Has a similar shape with handles on either side of a spout and a rounded base
  • Outer layer displays an octopus with outstretching tentacles that wrap around the compartment

The Late Bronze Age in Mycenaean Greece

1550 B.C.E-1100 B.C.E

  • The Mycenaean Civilization, a term derived from Mycenae
  • Brought prosperity to mainland Greece between 1600 and 1100 B.C.
  • Industries saw the creation pottery and bronze
  • Indulged in gems, gold, jewelry and other expenses
  • Mycenaeans conquered Crete around 1450 B.C., believed by archaeologists to be the effect of the Santorini eruption in 1625 B.C
  • Goods derived from the Minoan population on Crete.
  • Designs and styles were adopted by the Mycenaeans
  • Began to influence the art of the mainland.

Artistic Style

  • An example of a Minoan influence on Mycenaean pottery
  • The octopus decoratively wraps its tentacles around the base of the jar with other marine life surrounding it
  • Aquatic theme was most likely influenced by the Late Minoan period
  • Water front cultures were often decorating their subjects with sea-life because of ‘marine-style vessels’ that sailed through the Mediterranean in the years of the Minoan Crete
  • Mycenaeans were bestowing their dominance and power over trade and land

Stirrup Jar With Octopus

  • Resembles the pottery of the Mycenaean culture in mainland Greece
  • Dated to 1200 B.C.
  • Constructed from terracotta
  • A clay-based ceramic that is ‘baked or semi-fired’ with a ‘mixture of clay, grog, and water.’
  • Stirrup jar
  • Two handles on either side
  • Spout leading into a circular holding cell
  • Used to transport or store substances and designed not to spill.
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