Lion head rhyton

Details

• Title

  Lion head rhyton

• Associated place

  Europe › Greece › Crete › Heraklion › Knossos (Central Treasury) (place of excavation)

• Date

  Middle Minoan III Period - Late Minoan I Period (c. 1800 - c. 1450 BC)

• Material and technique

  stone (alabaster)

• Object type

  container › vessel › ritual vessel › rhyton

• Dimensions

  13.5 cm after restoration (height)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, 1905.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 20 | Aegean World

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1896-1908.AE.784

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