STANDING CASE G. Bronze plaque

Accession Number AN1896-1908.AE.617
Year 1600 BCE - 1300 BCE
Dimensions 9.2 cm x 6.7 cm
Medium bronze
Location Ashmolean Museum
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Bronze votive plaque found in Psychro Cave showing a religious scene involving a human figure, bird and horns of consecration, perhaps an outdoor sanctuary. Evans acquired material from Psychro Cave in the 1890s before Hogarth’s excavation in 1900.

Bibliography

Evans, Arthur. 1921. The Palace of Minos at Knossos, I, p. 632-633, fig. 470
Myres, John (ed.). 1936. British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, p. 19