Jug

MS4644

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4644
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Middle Minoan III | Late Minoan IB
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Carinated jar with pronounced base; two horizontal handles; raised, with bridged spout. Medium textured, pink (7.5 YR 7/4) clay. Wiped with water. Not burnished. Undecorated. Intact except for handles. Comments: MM III-LM IB. Compare Hawes et al. 1908: p. 2, no 48 (Gournia); Bosanquet and Dawkins 1923: 69, fig. 49 (Palaikastro). This is a late version of MS4732.

Height 13.5 cm
Outside Diameter 7.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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