Aphrodite in New York: Aegean Pot - Archaeology Magazine Archive


Dated to 14190-1300 B.C., this extraordinary Aegean pot (an amphoroid krater) is from Kalavassos-Ayios Dimitrios tomb 13. Although it is Mycenaean, from the mainland of Greece, the pot is decorated with a scene taken from the Minoan culture of Crete. It depicts a shrine on top of which are four sets of stylized bull's horns (horns of consecration), with another set on top of antechamber or porch. Inside the shrine is a female figure (a goddess in her temple?), flanking it are a pair of horses, to right, and a large fish and horse, to left.