Miscellanea: Pithos or Baetyl? On the Interpretation of a Group of Minoan Rings

The stance of the figures leaning on a ‘baetyl’ (after Warren) is very standardized. It is not believed here that this fact is significant for the interpretation of the event/ritual that is taking place on the seals comprising these figures. It is however, important for the initial description of what is depicted; even more so when the rendering of the seal is not clear. This standardization is not only going to help us reconstruct some unclear iconography, but will also argue against the existence of the so-called ‘pithos cult’, discrediting most representations of a pithos as mirages.