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A fragment of stone lamp. 1750–1450 BC.

Currently in the Metropolitan Museum

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Golden necklace. 1400–1200 BC.

Currently in the Metropolitan Museum.

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Female terracotta figurine. 1400–1300 BC.

This tau-type figurine has the conventional hollow, columnar stem with the head rendered somewhat larger in proportion to the body. Characteristically, the figure is high waisted with arms, rendered as singly applied strips of clay, folded neatly over the breasts. She wears a long garment, simply decorated with two vertical lines down the front and back. The figurine's coiffure is particularly distinct, with a plait that is rendered over the top of the headdress and down the back of the neck. A fringe of hair peeks out from under the edge of an elaborately festooned polos.

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Glass ornaments. 1370–1200 BC.

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Terracotta krater with octopus. 13th century B.C.

Currently in the Metropolitan Museum.

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Bronze eyelet-type pin. 14th century BC. Found on Cyprus.

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Bronze figurine of an acrobat and a bull. 1600BC-1450BC. Found in Rethymnon.

Bronze group of an acrobat somersaulting over a bull's head. The group is solid cast, in one piece, using the lost wax technique. The arms are not represented, but end in stumps: it is not clear whether this was by design or because the bronze did not flow into the extremities of the mould. Equally, the loss of the lower legs may have been due to a casting fault.

Currently in the British Museum.

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A clay minoan model (restored) of a house. 1600 BCE.

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A circular clay recipient. 1500 BCE.

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Golden breastplate. 16th century BC. Currently in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

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Please do not reblog the latest post with the boar tusk helm. I forgot to add source under the picture. I will later repost this photo with a proper source. I m very sorry for the mistake.

Bull’s head rhyton. 1500-1450 BC. Palaikastro, Crete.

Currently in the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion

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Clay model. 1500-1450 BC.

Currently in the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion.

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Terracotta alabastron (jar)

ca. 1600–1050 B.C.

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Funeral mask made of electrum. 17th–16th century BC. Found in grave Γ of grave circle B, Mykenae.

Currently in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

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Terracotta stirrup jar with octopus

Helladic, Mycenaean ca. 1200–1100 B.C. The shape takes its name from the configuration of the spout and the two attached handles. Such jars were commonly used to transport liquids. Mycenaean artists adopted the marine motifs from Minoan antecedents.

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Golden cups. 17th–16th century BC. Found in grave Γ of grave circle B, Mykenae.

Currently in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

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