Ancient Artefact of the Day: The Palaikastro Kouros
A stunning lithochryselephantine statuette, ca. 1480-1425 BC. One of the most remarkable pieces of surviving Minoan art and probably my favourite ancient artefact. #Archaeology #Minoan πΊπ§΅
Image: Archaeological Museum of Siteia (ΞΞ£ ΞΞ 8506)
A stunning lithochryselephantine statuette, ca. 1480-1425 BC. One of the most remarkable pieces of surviving Minoan art and probably my favourite ancient artefact. #Archaeology #Minoan πΊπ§΅
Image: Archaeological Museum of Siteia (ΞΞ£ ΞΞ 8506)
Comments
Image: Figures 5.1 & 5.2 from Moak 2000 (see end of thread for citations)
Image: Plate Db (British School at Athens Studies, 2000, Vol. 6)
J.A. MacGillivray, J.M. Driessen and L.H. Sackett (eds.), 'The PALAIKASTRO KOUROS, A Minoan Chryselephantine Statuette and its Aegean Bronze Age Context', British School at Athens Studies, vol. 6, 2000
Moak, Mark. βThe Palaikastro Kouros.β British School at Athens Studies, vol. 6, 2000, pp. 65β83.
http://jstor.org/stable/40916617
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Thank you for that and showing this exquisite statuette