Jug

MS4657

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4657
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Middle Minoan III
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Jug with small raised spout. Medium textured, reddish yellow (between 5 YR 7/6 and 6/6) clay, covered with red (2.5 YR 4/6) paint, with decoration in added paint (?). Wiped with water. Probably completely painted. Added paint not preserved; restored from fragments; some sherds missing. A common shape in both MM III and LM I.

Height 22.7 cm
Outside Diameter 15.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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