Royal Gift Exchange between Mycenae and Egypt: Olives as "Greeting Gifts" in the Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
Royal Gift Exchange between Mycenae and Egypt: Olives as "Greeting Gifts" in the Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
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迈锡尼与埃及之间的皇家礼物交换：橄榄作为青铜时代晚期东地中海的“问候礼物”
DOI：
10.3764/aja.113.3.339
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
J. Kelder
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作者：
J. Kelder
青铜时代晚期埃及和爱琴海之间的接触，特别是克里特岛和新王国埃及之间的关系，一直是许多研究的主题。希腊（迈锡尼）大陆和埃及之间的关系通常被认为是一个更难以捉摸的话题，大多数学者似乎认为两者之间的互动是通过中间人进行的不规则交换（例如，在塞浦路斯，在黎凡特），而不是直接接触。本文试图激发对这一问题的新思考，提出两者之间的交流不仅仅是偶然现象的可能性，而是一个高度组织化的系统，涉及迈锡尼和法老宫廷的统治精英的积极参与。使用考古学和古植物学数据，并集中我的检查进口到埃及的迈锡尼陶器，特别是橄榄油罐，这通常被称为容器的橄榄油，我证明，橄榄和/或橄榄油是一个至关重要的一部分，这青铜时代晚期的州际连接。
Contact between Egypt and the Aegean during the Late Bronze Age, especially the relationship between Minoan Crete and New Kingdom Egypt, has been the subject of much study. The relationship between the Greek (Mycenaean) mainland and Egypt is generally regarded as a more elusive topic, and most scholars seem to consider interaction between the two a matter of irregular exchange via middlemen (e.g., on Cyprus, in the Levant), rather than direct contact. This paper seeks to stimulate new thinking on this subject by positing the possibility that exchange between the two was more than a haphazard phenomenon, arguing that it was, instead, a highly organized system that involved the active engagement of the ruling elite at Mycenae as well as the pharaonic court. Using both archaeological and paleobotanical data and focusing my examination on the import into Egypt of Mycenean pottery, particularly stirrup jars, which are known generally as containers for olive oil, I demonstrate that olives and/or olive oil were a crucial part of this Late Bronze Age interstate connection.