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A grave of the 7th century B.C.

Αρχαιολογικά χρονικά

• Λεμπέση, Αγγελική

In 1970 a partially destroyed grave was found on the property of M. Cha- tzakis - Sfakianakis at the site of the Prophet Elias in the village of Gouves, 18 km east of Heraklion. According to the owner’s information there were other graves in the vicinity which had been destroyed by cultivation. Out of the scattered sherds which were collected it was possible to complete five vases (fig. 2, second from left, and figs. 5 - 6 ). Thus, a cemetery of unknown extent is to be identified in this area.The settlement to which the cemetery belongs is most probably situated on a low hill, 150 m. east of the chapel of the Prophet Elias, where remains of walls are visible and surface sherds are found which date from the Mycenaean through the Byzantine periods.The grave was a simple pit containing the cinerary urn surrounded by stones set in a curve (fig. 1 ). The grave can be dated between 680 and 630 B.C. Among the grave offerings of particular interest is an oinochoe (figs. 3 - 5 ) found next to the urn. The preceding stage in the development of this shape, which presupposes a metal prototype, is to be found in an oinochoe from Arkades (fig. 9 ). However the balance of form in the Gouves oinochoe, where the horizontal axis is more pronounced than the vertical, is part of the general influence of Cypriot pottery upon Cretan wares.Influence from the East is more certain in the case of a bronze phiale(fig. 10) which comes from a destroyed grave. Its shape is exactly the same as that of the Assyrian phiale from Assurtaklak (see ref. 19), and the absence of any decoration indicates that is an exact Cretan copy of an Oriental prototype.

• History and Archaeology

• Αρχαιολογία

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