Mykenische Keramik - Kraterfragment, das eine Pferd- und Wagenszene darstellt, Tiryns, 1400-1300 v. Chr. Archäologisches Museum Nafplion. Gegen grauen Kunstrückstand
8500 x 6044 px | 72 x 51,2 cm | 28,3 x 20,1 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
9. März 2023
Ort:
Napflion Archaeological Museum. Greece
Weitere Informationen:
Mycenaean pottery - Krater fragment depicting a horse and chariot scene, Tiryns, 1400-1300 BC. Nafplion Archaeological Museum. Against grey art background. Photographer Paul E Williams. In Ancient Greece the horse and chariot was a symbol of power as the costs for a ruler or an elite to own either was high. Illustrations of horses and chariots on Mycenaean pottery show the power of the person in whose tomb they were found. The most common Mycenaean archaeological finds are examples of Mycenaean pottery. The potter's wheel was developed in the Near East around 3500 BC and 2000 years later, during the Late Helladic period, Mycenaeans adopted it. This led the Mycenaeans to produce fine pottery with hand painted decorations that was exported throughout the eastern Mediterranean. Mycenaean decorations are a continuation of the styles used by the earlier Minoans of Crete. Popular deigns were floral patterns, marine and octopus designs and swirling circular designs. The Mycenaeans were a Bronze Age Culture found primarily in mainland Greece in city states such as Thebes, Mycenae and Tiryns. The Mycenaean civilisation spanned the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC and ended abruptly during the collapse of Bronze Age culture in the eastern Mediterranean, to be followed by the so-called Greek Dark Ages.
