Jug

MS4726A

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4726A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Locus G7
Period Middle Minoan III | Late Minoan IA
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Jug with small raised spout. Fine, pink (7.5 YR 8/4) clay, with decoration in dark paint. Wiped with water. Bands on rim, base of neck, and body. Intact except for handle and tip of spout. The unburnished surface and matte paint suggest MM III, but early LM I is also possible. Related to Walberg 1983: Shapes 113 and 134.

Height 17.2 cm
Outside Diameter 6.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904
Other Number 564A - Other Number

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