Jug

MS4264

From: Greece | Crete | Sphoungaras

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4264
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Sphoungaras
Period Middle Minoan IB | Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Shape: Small globular jug with high spout and one coil handle. Fabric: Fine, pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay, with decoration in dark (poorly preserved) paint. Self-slipped. Decoration: Mouth and outside of handle painted; three broad bands on neck and body. Resting surface unpainted, but with some paint at edge. Condition: Intact, with minor chipping on spout. Surface erroded.

Height 10.8 cm
Outside Diameter 9.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1910

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