LİMAN TEPE ARABALI SAVAŞÇI TASVİRLİ MİKEN KAP PARÇASININ EGE ARKEOLOJİSİNDEKİ YERİ

Abstract

In this article, a Mycenaean ceramic fragment recovered at Liman Tepe, with a depiction of a warrior with chariot, is examined. It is likely that this sherd was part of a closed vessel, and that this vessel was a local product, since the paste of the sherd contains high amounts of mica. A warrior with chariot was often depicted on Mycenaean vessels that bore pictorial representations, figures and iconographic meanings. The motif was prevalent in the Aegean and East Mediterranean in LH III. The complete delineation of the lower body of the warrior figure, as seen on the Liman Tepe fragment, is the most salient characteristic of depictions of this kind dated to LH IIIC. As one of the few examples from this period, the Liman Tepe Mycenaean ceramic has particular significance with regard to its connection with the west–east migrations thought to have taken place in the Eastern Mediterranean. It is also important for the fact that it belongs to a period after the collapse of the Hittite Empire in Anatolia and the Mycenaean kings in Mainland Greece.