Jar
MS6039
From: Greece | Crete | Vrokastro (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS6039 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cretan |
Provenience | Greece | Crete | Vrokastro (uncertain) |
Period | Geometric Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Fragments of a large open jar with triglyph and metope pattern on shoulder. no neck, only a rounded lip. A large section preserving profile from lower wall to upper shoulder. Three sections preserving rounded lip and shoulder area. A six non-joining fragments. Decoration in red-brown or dilute glaze on exterior; interior covered entirely with glaze. Decoration on exterior, except for mid-shoulder, in glaze bands and lines of several widths, wheel-painted. Shoulder design: "triglyph and metope." in metopes there is on one side a solid semi-circular design with short rays; on the other side a vertical line of short diagonal strokes. On the largest preserved section is part of a larger panel with a larger version of the semi-circular motif. |
Height | 25 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912 |
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