Artefacts (non-specific) - Test 1

Question 1

Medallion Pithoi or Storage Jars

Answer 1

Around MM III/LM IA
Very large containers used to hold liquids or grains; not elaborately decorated because they were just meant to hold stuff
Storage containers (re-use them)

Question 2

Harvester’s Vase

Answer 2

A Steatite Rhyton (libation vessel), LM IA, Aghia Triadha
Reliance on sea and land, quite small, twenty-seven figures in pairs (sense of depth between them)
Artistry required? Dang

Question 3

Fresco Fragments

Answer 3

100s of fragments

Problematic because Mr. Sir. Arthur Evans decided to just move some things around

Question 4

Dolphin Fresco

Answer 4

LM IA, residential quarters
Three dolphins, two beneath – marine theme continued
Theme on Crete reflects this sea-fearing thalossacracy of the Minoans

Question 5

Relief of Charging Bull

Answer 5

Painted stucco, MM IIIB, North Entrance of Knossos (West Bastion)
Head is down
Just … bulls, again (Dynamic, but in a different way)
Pacifist version of bull worship

Question 6

Megaron, Pylos

Answer 6

Palace center, encased by fortification wall, key areas of architectural design

Question 7

Boar’s Tusk Helmet

Answer 7

Mycenae, LH III A, Ivory, exquisite detail; made of precious materials
Burial with important people in grave circles of Mycenae
These are items also depicted in art work

Question 8

Frescos at Pylos

Answer 8

Battle Scene Fresco, Chariot Scene

Question 9

Battle Scene Fresco

Answer 9

Hall 65, Pylos
Battle scene - clothing is different; plain background (focus on the action rather than anything else - gaze theory; where is your eye drawn)
Demonstrates idea of civilized versus uncivilized (clothing?)
Mycenaeans may have been mercenaries, but even so there is violence & it also demonstrates to us this idea of hierarchy and Mycenaean superiority that they had

Question 10

Chariot Scene

Answer 10

Hall 64, Pylos