Jug

MS4660

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4660
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Middle Minoan I | Middle Minoan II | Middle Minoan III
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Jug with vertical handle. Medium textured, reddish yellow (5 YR-6/6) clay, with decoration in very dark gray (5 YR 3/1) paint. Wiped with water. Bands on rim and neck; four sets of triple plumes on body; lines on handle. Restored from fragments; some sherds missing, including part of spout. Comments: MM I-III, most likely MM II. From B 19.

Height 20.2 cm
Outside Diameter 15 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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