WALL CASE C. Replica of the Statue of User

Accession Number AN1896-1908.AE.833
Year 1900-1936
Dimensions h. 6.1 cm
Medium plaster
Location Ashmolean Museum
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The Statue of User was found under the Central Court in 1900. Only the lower half was found. It bears an inscription identifying it as the goldsmith User and it probably dates to the Middle Kingdom. Evans regarded it as important dating evidence but there is now uncertainty about its exact context.

Bibliography

Evans, Arthur. 1921. The Palace of Minos at Knossos, I, pp. 286-289, fig. 220

Myres, John (ed.). 1936. British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, p. 14