A Wheelmade Bovid from the Palace of Nestor at Pylos
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9858733 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Egan Egan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 421 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hesperia The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-098X • E-ISSN: 1553-5622 |
| Publisher | American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2972/hesperia.88.3.0421 |
| OpenAlex | W2972135775 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article examines fragments of a wheelmade terracotta bovid of “Mycenaean” type from the so-called Palace of Nestor at Pylos. The first such figure to be identified in Messenia, the bovid is considered in light of its physical features, excavation contexts, and similarities to published comparanda. An original storage context inside the palace at Pylos is proposed, as is a production date in Late Helladic (LH) IIIA2 or LH IIIB. In the latter period, the use of the figure is tentatively explored in light of local iconographic, faunal, and textual evidence, which points collectively to the bovid's ritual, and perhaps explicitly royal, use
Ancient history · Art · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · History
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |