Πήλινο
αγκυρόσχημο
αγκυρόσχημο
αινιγματικό αντικείμενο
του 13ου αι. π.Χ.
από τα Σέρβια
Κοζάνης
Κοζάνης
Clay “anchor”
της Ευ. Τσαγγαράκη
Museum/Inf. no.: Archaeological Museum of
Thessaloniki, ΜΘ 27833
Provenance: Servia Kozani
Dating: Early Bronze Age
Material: Clay dark gray – almost black in colour (2.5YR, 3/1–2.5/1,
very dark gray–black), with several inclusions and mica
very dark gray–black), with several inclusions and mica
Preservation: Intact
Dimensions:
H. 7.2 cm
W. 9.7 cm
Th. 2.1 cm
Description: “Anchor-shaped” object, with a central shank, rectangular
irregular in section and frontally pierced (diameter of the suspension hole:
0.5 cm), along with two inherent lateral “hooks”. The one surface is almost
black in colour with visible polishing traces, while the other is gray-black
and coarse.
irregular in section and frontally pierced (diameter of the suspension hole:
0.5 cm), along with two inherent lateral “hooks”. The one surface is almost
black in colour with visible polishing traces, while the other is gray-black
and coarse.
Comments: Such objects are rarely located in insular Greece, but are
widespread in the mainland, particularly in Macedonia. They are considered as
typical findings of the Early Bronze Age, though they are not absent from the
Middle Bronze Age. Their use remains enigmatic, although it appears almost
certain that these objects were hanging from something, while also something
was hanging from them (perhaps through fine strings). The occasionally proposed
interpretations-hypotheses vary significantly (Carington Smith 2000, 248–263):
votive anchors, figurines, pendants-amulets or hooks-pawls for suspending food that
required dripping, smoking, drying or simply protection from rodents and
insects. More plausible is the assumption – based mainly on the wear traces a
few examples bear – that they are objects related to weaving, either as loom
implements or used in cord-making.
widespread in the mainland, particularly in Macedonia. They are considered as
typical findings of the Early Bronze Age, though they are not absent from the
Middle Bronze Age. Their use remains enigmatic, although it appears almost
certain that these objects were hanging from something, while also something
was hanging from them (perhaps through fine strings). The occasionally proposed
interpretations-hypotheses vary significantly (Carington Smith 2000, 248–263):
votive anchors, figurines, pendants-amulets or hooks-pawls for suspending food that
required dripping, smoking, drying or simply protection from rodents and
insects. More plausible is the assumption – based mainly on the wear traces a
few examples bear – that they are objects related to weaving, either as loom
implements or used in cord-making.
In most publications of archaeological sites the “anchor-shaped” objects
are catalogued among the clay weaving tools, even when their correlation with spinning
or weaving is unfounded.
are catalogued among the clay weaving tools, even when their correlation with spinning
or weaving is unfounded.
Bibliography:
Heurtley 1939, 87, 203 fig. 67f.;
Carington Smith 2000, 248.
References:
Heurtley 1939: Heurtley W. A. Prehistoric Macedonia. An archaeological reconnaissance
of Greek Macedonia (west of the Struma) in the Neolithic, Bronze, and Early
Iron Ages, Cambridge 1939. Carington Smith 2000:
of Greek Macedonia (west of the Struma) in the Neolithic, Bronze, and Early
Iron Ages, Cambridge 1939. Carington Smith 2000:
Carington Smith J. The Spinning and Weaving Implements, in: Ridley C.
Wardle K. A. Mould C. (eds.), Servia I: Anglo-Hellenic Rescue Excavations 1971–1973
directed by K. Rhomiopoulou & C.
Wardle K. A. Mould C. (eds.), Servia I: Anglo-Hellenic Rescue Excavations 1971–1973
directed by K. Rhomiopoulou & C.
Ridley: The Stratigraphy, Architecture, Small Objects and Plant Remains,
The Annual of the British School in Athens, Suppl. 32, London 2000, 207–263.
The Annual of the British School in Athens, Suppl. 32, London 2000, 207–263.
Author: Evangelia Tsangaraki.
ΠΗΓΗ: ΑΡΧΕΙΟΝ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ, 16.4.2020.
ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΤΕΡΑ ΠΕΡΙ ΝΟΜΟΥ ΚΟΖΑΝΗΣ, ΕΔΩ.
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