Sherd

Jug

MS4637.64

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4637.64
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Jug with high spout; ridge at juncture between neck and shoulder. Fine, pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay with decoration in red to black paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Interior unpainted. Dark paint on spout; frieze of dots on neck; band at juncture between neck and shoulder; spirals on upper shoulder; remainder not preserved. Upper part of vessel, restored from sherds. From a jug like Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 8, no. 17 (Gournia).

Height 10.6 cm
Length 8.4 cm
Width 0.5 cm
Outside Diameter 4.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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