Feeding bottle
Archaeological museum of Chora
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Feeding bottle
1325 CE – 1295 BCE
Archaeological museum of Chora
Vorias chamber tomb 6, Volimidia, Chora, Messenia
Feeder
TerracottaHeight: 17.5 cm
Feeding bottle. Brownish-red painted decoration of bands. A horizontal pattern of three mycenaean flowers on the shoulder and a system of successive angles stacked next to the spout. From Vorias 6 chamber tomb at Volimidia, Chora. Feeding bottles, a vessel for storing and transferring liquids is a characteristic shape of the Late Bronze Age. It is a close shape with a wide cylindrical neck, a basket-like handle that bridges the rim and a spout on the shoulder. Feeding bottles were also vessels for use by children, typical offerings in child burials. They were used for feeding or for keeping liquids, such as milk, beer or even honey.