ΑΝAΓΛΥΦΟΙ ΣΚYΦΟΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΑΡΧΑIΑ ΛAΠΠΑ (ΑΡΓΥΡΟYΠΟΛΗ) ΣΤΟ ΡEθΥΜΝΟ

Abstract

This article examines the skyphoi with relief decoration retrieved from the rescue excavation of the Voughioukalaki area, which is located within ancient Lappa, in the territory of modern Argyroupolis near Rethymno. The two hundred and thirty six sherds found in a domestic context enrich the available documentation on the socio-economic conditions of Lappa during the Hellenistic period, highlighting the commercial relationships of the city with the other trade-centres of that period. The morphological, technical and iconographic analysis of these skyphoi with relief decoration aims to complete the existing bibliography concerning this particular Cretan class of pottery.