WALL CASE B. Votive bell

Accession Number AN1896-1908.AE.984
Year 2000-1900 BCE
Dimensions h. 7.6 cm
Medium pottery
Location Ashmolean Museum
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Objects like these were described by Evans as votive bells but their function is unknown. This example is visible in the exhibition photograph but not clearly mentioned in the catalogue text: it was probably used as an example of monochrome pottery.

Bibliography

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