Keros
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Keros is an uninhabited and unpopulated Greek island in the Cyclades about 10 km southeast of Naxos. Administratively it is part of the community of Koufonisia. It has an area of 15 km2 and its highes
Keros island, view from the north
Harp player from Keros, 2600 BC. National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Cycladic frying pan
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A frying pan is a type of Early Cycladic II artifact made in the Aegean Islands between c. 2700 and c. 2200 BCE. They are flat circular disks with a "handle", and usually made from earthenware, but so
Keros
…best preserved sites of this culture are at Kea and Ios, located not far from Keros. Some of the important artifacts of this culture are the so-called frying pans – shallow circular vessels or bowls with a decorated base. The use of metal became widespread during this period. Daskalio…
"Frying pan" with running spiral decoration, Early Cycladic I–II (ca. 2700 BC). From Syros?
The same frying pan with incised decoration of a ship. Early Cycladic II, Chalandriani, Syros (Keros-Syros culture, 2800–2300 BC)
NAMA 6140.4, 2800-2700 BCE, Louros, Naxos
Example in steatite (stone, rather than earthenware), perhaps from Naxos. NAMA 2093, repatriated from Germany in 2014