Pottery shell trumpet (rhyton?)

Specimen Detail | SD368

Dating of Item: Mature LC I, 1700-1600 BCE

Current Location: Prehistoric Museum of Thira 336

Description: Pottery shell trumpet in shape of shea shell with blowing device at end near the animal living cavity. Referred to in some texts as a rhyton – a drinking vessel

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