Greco-Roman Minoan and Mycenaean
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of 18 Minoan and Mycenaean artefacts, dating from about 2200 to 900 BC. This collection contains a number of objects from Minoan Crete – an oval limestone palette with two wells, the neck of a painted earthenware vase in the form of a goat’s head, two bronze double-axeheads and a bronze dagger with its hilt decorated in reverse spirals. From Mycenaean Greece there are four terracotta figurines, a small but high-quality collection of ceramic vessels, and representations of a two-horse chariot complete with two charioteers and of a mounted warrior carrying a shield. There is also a schematic female figure with outstretched arms and a warrior with shield and helmet. From the Mycenaean Greek civilization there are, from Cyprus, four two-handled stemmed chalices painted with red floral and curvilinear motifs and two vases painted with red and black bands, a three-handled jar painted with brown loops and spirals from mainland Greece, a two-handled vase from Ephesus and a stirrup-vase possibly from Rhodes. The Minoan civilization of Crete dates from 2700 to 1450 BC. The Greek Mycenaean civilization, which flourished from 1600 BC to 1100 BC, represents the last period of the Greek late Bronze Age.
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