Jar

MS4725.1

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4725.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan IB
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Cylindrical bridge-spouted jar similar to MS4662 but with straighter profile and without small coils on either side of the spout. Fabric and surface similar to MS4662. Bands on rim, upper part of spout, and body. Zone of oblique dashes below rim, possibly continued on horizontal handles. Foliate band (FM 640 composed of isolated leaf pairs between two upper body bands. Bottom of base unpainted. Restored from fragments; many sherds missing, including vertical handle. For the shape compare Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 9, no. 17 (Gournia); vol.I, no. 59 (Pseira); Dawkins 1903: 250, fig. 12 (Zakros). For isolated leaf pairs see Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 8, no. 31 (Gournia).

Height 11.7 cm
Outside Diameter 14.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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