Hi -
based on the image in your link, the closest analogue i can think of for the Mycenean "griddle" might be a class of ceramic vessel from the 7th-6th millennium BC Hassuna period in the Mesopotamian world. It's misleadingly called a "husking tray".

Archaeologist Mary Voigt from the College of William and Mary has suggested that these are portable griddles or ovens used for baking flat bread. they have flat bottoms, raised edges, and long indentations. they often show signs of burning or heating on the bottom. basically, the air in the indentations would have baked the bread very quickly, in a non-stick, teflon-like vessel.

For an image of a hassuna husking tray  se ethe following link.

antiquity.acuk/projgall/tekin/images/fig6a.jpg

i hope thats helpful.

Gil J. Stein
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Dear all,

Welcome to the Ancient Food Tech list. In the first day of publicity, we had nearly 200 different people subscribe, which is fantastic! I really look forward to all of us having the opportunity to learn more about ancient foodways from each other.

So, let's start in:
There's a type of cooking pot that we know from many Mycenaean sites, often called a "griddle." I've uploaded a (poor quality - my apologies) photo of one that's on display in the Mycenae museum to Imgur, at http://i.imgur.com/7NvTaex.jpg. Some are quite shallow, like the one in the photo; others have much higher walls wrapping about 1/2 to 3/4 of the way around the circumference.

My question is this: I've heard rumors of similar vessels occurring elsewhere around the Mediterranean. Can anyone share bibliography related to comparable vessels from outside of the modern country of Greece? Do we have any sense of the range of contexts from which this type of pot (or perhaps its relatives) might come?

Thanks much,
Julie


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