Rim Sherd

Kantharos

Two non-joining rim-sherds from a carinated kantharos with undulating rim with six lobes and two vertical handles. Fine, pink (7.5YR 7-8/4) clay, covered with black paint, with decoration in added red and added white paint. Added red: bands and diagonal lines. Added white: pendent hatched triangles on upper body, above bands. Comments: MM IB-IIA. This piece and the group to which it belongs have been discussed by Davis (1979) who suggests that kantharoi of this type are perhaps of Anatolian inspiration. They occur at several Minoan sites in MM I-II. For problems with the Anatolian origins see Walberg 1983: 146. Examples from Gournia are published by Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 6, no. 8, and colot pl. C, nos. 1-3. Bibliography: Silverman 1978 a: 33, no. 58a-b, fig. 4, no. 7, and pl. 2b, nos. 8-9; Davis, 1979: 37-38, and fig. 3.