Tripod Bowl

MS5995

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS5995
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Middle Minoan | Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Tripod cooking vessel. Put together from fragments; complete except for part of two of the feet and of one of the handles. Receptacle is of medium depth with nearly straight sides set at a slight outward angle from the level of the top of the feet. Two small horizontal loop handles set opposite to one another; the stub of a third? The one fully preserved foot tapers in outline and is set at an outward angle to the receptacle. Strong coarse red clay.

Height 18.5 cm
Outside Diameter 19 cm

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