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TRUTH LIES IN THE DETAILS: IDENTIFYING AN APIARY IN THE MINIATURE WALL PAINTING FROM AKROTIRI, THERA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2016

Irini Papageorgiou
Irini Papageorgiou*
Affiliation:
Benaki Museum; Akrotiri Excavations, Thera
*
papageorgiou@benaki.gr
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Abstract

One of a number of enigmatic depictions in the Aegean iconography of the second millennium bce is the structure painted on the south wall of the Miniature Frieze from the West House at Akrotiri, Thera. This structure covers the slope of a hill and consists of two vertical blue bands on its western edge and four horizontal blue bands, all with features indicating masonry construction. Five rows of black triangles alternate with the horizontal bands. Each triangle has a round opening in its base. Unique in Aegean iconography, it has been interpreted as a dovecote, a shipshed, a storage space, a rock-cut structure with triangular niches, a geological formation and even a stretch of land with terraces and a vineyard. In one very brief reference it has been identified with an apiary.

In line with contemporary rules of perspective, certain details suggest this structure could represent an apiary on a terraced area, protected on its western edge by a wall to windward. The triangular elements must depict the vertical-type fixed-comb woven beehives, which were in use until quite recently in Greece. A road leading from the apiary and connecting the settlement with the tripartite building at the top of the hill completes the elements needed for organised beekeeping. Similarly, there is a trapezoidal expanse of blue to the east of it which probably depicts a pond, another essential element of beekeeping. Both the extent of the area covered by the installation and the prominence of beekeeping products (indicated by chemical analysis and references on Linear B tablets) raise questions about the management of the apiary and the function of the building at the top of the hill.

Η αλήθεια κρύβεται στη λεπτομέρεια: ανασυνθέτοντας έναν μελισσώνα στη Μικρογραφική Τοιχογραφία από το Ακρωτήρι Θήρας

Ανάμεσα στις αινιγματικές παραστάσεις της αιγαιακής εικονογραφίας της 2ης χιλιετίας π.Χ. συγκαταλέγεται η κατασκευή που εικονίζεται στο νότιο τοίχο της Μικρογραφικής घωοφόρου από τη Δυτική Οικία του Ακρωτηρίου Θήρας. Η κατασκευή καταλαμβάνει την πλαγιά ενός λόφου και αποτελείται από κατακόρυφη διπλή γαλάζια ζώνη στο δυτικό της όριο και τέσσερις οριζόντιες γαλάζιες ζώνες, όλες με ενδείξεις ότι αποδίδουν λιθοδομή. Φέρει πέντε σειρές μελανών τριγώνων εναλλάξ με τις οριζόντιες ζώνες, τα οποία έχουν καμπύλο άνοιγμα στη βάση τους. Η μοναδική στην αιγαιακή εικονογραφία κατασκευή έχει ερμηνευτεί ως περιστεριώνας, νεώσοικος, αποθήκη, κτίσμα λαξευμένο στην πλαγιά του λόφου με τριγωνικές κόγχες, γεωλογικός σχηματισμός, αλλά και έκταση γης με αναβαθμίδες και καλλιέργεια αμπελιού. Σε μία εντελώς συνοπτική αναφορά είχε χαρακτηριστεί και ως απόδοση μελισσιού.

Συγκεκριμένες λεπτομέρειες και η χρήση των κανόνων προοπτικής κατά την περίοδο αυτή συνηγορούν υπέρ της υπόθεσης ότι αναπαριστά μελισσοκομική εγκατάσταση σε εδαφική έκταση με αναβαθμίδες, προστατευμένη στο δυτικό της όριο από προσήνεμο τοίχο. Τα τριγωνικά στοιχεία πρέπει να απεικονίζουν πλεκτές κυψέλες κάθετου τύπου, τα επίστομα κοφίνια σταθερής κηρήθρας, σε χρήση έως εντελώς πρόσφατα σε πολλές περιοχές του ελλαδικού χώρου. Τα στοιχεία ενός οργανωμένου μελισσοκομείου συμπληρώνει δρόμος που διέρχεται από τον μελισσώνα συνδέοντας τον οικισμό με το τριμερές κτίσμα στην κορυφή του λόφου. Όπως επίσης και γαλάζια τραπεζοειδής επιφάνεια στα ανατολικά του που πιθανότατα αναπαριστά νερόλακκο για συλλογή υδάτων, εντελώς απαραίτητων στη μελισσοκομία. Η μεγάλη έκταση της εγκατάστασης σε συνδυασμό με τη σημασία των μελισσοκομικών προϊόντων, όπως υποδεικνύουν χημικές αναλύσεις και αναφορές σε πινακίδες Γραμμικής Β, εγείρουν ερωτήματα σχετικά με την αρχή διαχείρισης του μελισσοκομείου καθώς και με τη λειτουργία του κτίσματος στην κορυφή του λόφου.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 111 , November 2016 , pp. 95 - 120
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