Since its discovery during the excavations carried out by Heinrich Shenman in the city of Troy in the legendary castle, Depas Amphikypellon – A cylindrical cup with two curved interviews is believed to be the cup mentioned in the Homer epic – a potential drinking container. The new investigations conducted by archaeologists from the University of Topping, Bonn University and the University of Gina confirm this hypothesis by identifying high concentrations of fruit acids that indicate the regular use specifically for wine – although these itself was also found in cups and broken from Troy. This raises questions related to the social and cultural importance of drinks: while it is previously seen as an exclusive slogan for the early bronze elite, wine consumption may be more prevalent than previously supposed.
15 cm Depas Amphikypellon Heinrich Shlemlan dug it in Troy. Credit image: Valentin Marquardt / University of Tübingen.
‘HephaEStus spoke, then he stopped, once with a double ball to his dear motherThe first book says from IliadHe tells how he encourages the god of fire, minerals and volcanoes his mother.
‘While he was talking, the white armed goddess smiled. She reached her son’s cup.‘
‘Pour the drink, move from right to left, for all other deities, and pull the sweet nectar from the mixture of mixing.‘
This drinking ship, Depas AmphikypellonIt is known for archaeologists.
The object is a thin clay cup with two spelling, narrowing to a pointed base.
More than a hundred of these ships from the period between 2500 and 2000 BC has been found in Troy so far.
It is also widespread throughout the Ija Sea to Asia Minor and the two countries of what are Hibi, and can carry between 0.25 and 1 liters.
“Hinrich Shennman has already gone that the DEPAS Cup was passed in the celebrations – just as shown in IliadDr. Stefan Bloom, an archaeologist at the University of Toubenghan, said.
“The Classical Antiquities collection at the University of Tübingen has the DEPAS Cup and the Corporation of TRVE’s Schliemann.”
In a new study, the researchers heated a 2 gram sample of the workers and studied the resulting mixture using gas chromatic graphics (GC) and glades (GC-MS).
“The evidence was on the succinic and Pyruvic acids conclusive: it only occurs when giving birth to grape juice,” said Dr. Maxim Rajot, a researcher at Bonn University.
“Until now we can say with confidence that wine was already drunk from DePas and not just grape juice.”
The wine was the most expensive drink in the Bronze Age and the DEPAS Cup was the most expensive container. DEPAS pests are found in the temple and palace complexes.
Therefore, scientists concluded that drinking wine occurred on special occasions in the elite circles.
However, do people drink from the lower classes in telling wine as well as a daily and luxurious food?
“We have also studied regular cups that were found in the external settlement to narrate and thus outside the castle. These vessels also contain wine,” said Dr. Blum.
“So it is clear that wine was a daily drink for the public as well.”
team paper It was published in American Journal of Archeology.
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Stephen we are Blum And others. 2025. The issue of wine consumption in the early bronze era recounts: analysis of organic remains and Depas Amphikypellon. American Journal of Archeology 129 (2); Doi: 10.1086/734061