Lecture 7: Bronze Age in the Aegean and Beyond

Slide List
  1. Venus of Willendorf c.25,000 BC, Painted Stone, 4.5 inches high
  2. Male torso from Harappa c.2300-1750 BC, limestone, 3.5 inches high
  3. Portrait Panel of Hesira from Saqqara, c.2700 BC, wood, 55.5 inches high, Egyptian Museum
  4. Map: The Mediterranean in the second millenium BC (Kostof 5.1)
  5. Female Figurine provenience unknown, c.2100 BC marble, Athens National Museum
  6. Louros Type Figures from Grave 26 at Louros Athalassou on Naxos c.3000 BC
  7. Late Spedos Type Head with pointed details, from Amorgos, c.3000 BC
  8. Scribe from Saqqara, c. 2600 BC, painted limestone, 21 inches high
  9. Head and Neck of Figurine provenience unknown, c.2800-2300 BC, white marble
  10. Development of Cycladic Figurine Sculpture, drawing
  11. Snake Goddess, c.1600-1500 BC, chryselepantine
  12. Snake Goddess, from Knossos c.1600 BC, faience, Crete: Archaeological Museum
  13. Minoan Seal, showing Great Goddess, 16c BC, line tracing (Kostof 5.20)
  14. Sarcophagus from chamber tomb, view of trussed bull, Ayia Triadha, Crete, c.1450-1400 BC, limestone with surface plastered and painted
  15. Sarcophagus from chamber tomb, view of offering scene, Ayia Triadha, Crete, c.1450-1400 BC, limestone with surface plastered and painted
  16. Knossos, the royal palace c.1600 BC, axonometric drawing (Kostof 5.25)
  17. Map: Eastern Mediterranean, in the second millennium BC (Kostof 5.11)
  18. Harvester Vase, from Ayia Triadha c.1550-1500 BC, steatite, about 5 inches wide
  19. Harvester Vase, harvesters with open mouths. from Ayia Triadha c.1550-1500 BC, steatite, about 5 inches wide
  20. Harvester Vase, whole from front. from Ayia Triadha c.1550-1500 BC, steatite, about 5 inches wide
  21. Cattle fording a river, tomb of Ti, Saqqara, c.2450 BC, pianted limestone (H&F 2.38)
  22. Torreador fresco from small court, Knossos Palace, Crete, c.1500 BC, wall painting
  23. Fresco with naval scenes , West House, Thera, c.1500 BC, wall painting
  24. Springtime Fresco , Akrotiri, Thera, c.1500 BC, wall painting
  25. Springtime Fresco , Akrotiri, Thera, c.1500 BC, wall painting
  26. Springtime Fresco , detail of the swallows, Akrotiri, Thera, c.1500 BC, wall painting
  27. View of Hattusas, 1965
  28. Hattusas, Hittite capital general site plan, c.1900-1200 BC (Kostof 5.2)
  29. Hattusas:underground tunnel leading to a postern gate, 14c BC, (Kostof 5.4)
  30. Hattusas: lion gate, 14c BC
  31. Yasilikaya, from the south, NE of Hattusas, c.1350-1250 BC, rock-cut reliefs
  32. Yasilikaya, main gallery showing Arinna and her court, NE of Hattusas, c.1350-1250 BC, rock-cut reliefs (Kostof 5.7)
  33. Yasilikaya, view of Chamber A, NE of Hattusas, c.1350-1250 BC, rock-cut reliefs
  34. Yasilikaya, view of large gallery, NE of Hattusas, c.1350-1250 BC, rock-cut reliefs
  35. Yasilikaya, view of Chamber B from the North, NE of Hattusas, c.1350-1250 BC, rock-cut reliefs
  36. Mycenae, plan of the citadel (H&F 2.53)
  37. Mycenae, aerial view from the west (Kostof 5.12)
  38. Pylos, megaron of the palace, 13c BC, reconstruction drawing (Kostof 5.13)
  39. Lion gate, Mycenae, c.1500-1300 BC, limestone relief
  40. Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, c.1300 BC
  41. Treasury of Atreus, plan and three cross sections, Mycenae, c.1300 BC (H&F 2.56)
  42. Treasury of Atreus, interior view, Mycenae, c.1300 BC (Kostof 5.18)
  43. Detail of gui, 12-11c BC, bronze, Ashmolean Museum (H&F 2.63)
  44. Zong, c.2500 BC, jade, 8 inches high (H&F 2.60)