Bowl

Pyxis

Tripod

MS4610

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4610
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

692 (P. Betancourt's 1991 publication) Cylindrical pyxis wiht flat, outturned rim, supported on three knob feet. Sandy, reddish yellow (near 5 YR 6/6) clay with rough surface, with light and dark inclusions. Undecorated. Two thirds preserved. The vessel probably had a handle like Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 2, no. 31(Gournia).

Height 5.8 cm
Outside Diameter 7.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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