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Date : between 2300 and 1900 B.C.
Material : Terra cotta
Acquisition : Lent by the Provost and Fellows of Eaton College (1996)
| Vase for multiple offerings
Item 6 on 7
Greek Antiquities
Container
Vitrine : V05
Area related
Cyclades Islands (Greece)
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Although the kernos was used in widely disparate regions during the prehistoric period, particularly impressive examples have come to light in the Cyclades. This one of the grandest preserved. The receptacles probably contained foodstuffs of various kinds, and perhaps also flowers.
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