Jar

MS4676

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4676
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Locus B10
Period Late Minoan IB
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Hole-mouthed jare without spout; two vertical and two horizontal handles on upper shoulder; lines on handles. Coarse, unevenly colored light reddish brown to pink (5 YR 7/4) clay, with light and dark inclusions, wiht decoration in dark paint. Band on rim; three bands on body; band at base. Restored from fragments; some sherds missing. Compare (among others) Platon 1965: pl. 241 B (Kato Zakros).

Height 35.2 cm
Outside Diameter 35 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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