Vase with a cart

Mycenaean ceramic krater, 47.5 x 36 cm, discovered at Ras Ibn Hani, Syria, c.1300 BC. Example of Aegean-Syrian trade connections. National Museum of Damascus, inv. DAMASCUS 6806.

Description

This type of vase, which is also called a crater, was produced by the Mycenaeans of pre-classical Greece. It illustrates the contacts Syria maintained with the Aegean world. The Mycenaeans are thought to have been responsible for the trade in amber, which came from the shores of the Baltic Sea and was used in Syria to make beads for necklaces

  • Site: RAS IBN HANI

  • Date: 1300 BC

  • Material: Ceramic

  • Item Dimensions: 47.5 x 36 cm

  • Archaeological Mission:

  • National Museum Of Damascus (2011) – Museum Number: DAMASCUS 6806

  • VMS Code: Dam 078-2

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