handle

Object Number

SMM1692

Name

handle

Description

Bronze cauldron handle. Complete save one lotus petal. Remains of vessel body attached inside. Elongated figure-of-eight handle plate with four rivets in each half (those that survive have flat heads on the outside

mushroom heads inside). Handle section round; its loop is mounted horizontally

but rises vertically

with the lotus bud as a finial. Struts

consisting of a two-stranded twisted rod

spring from each side of the handle plate

their tops resting against the upper part of the handle loop as though supporting it

Specimen Count

1

Preservation State

Complete

Collection Date From

1978

Department

Knossos

Collection

Stratigraphical Museum

Other IDs

219.f85

SF 85

EMu IRN

44297