Jar
MS4647
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS4647 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Minoan |
Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
Period | Late Minoan I |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Handmade |
Description | Rim-sherd with spout form a lipped jar with vertical neck and piriform body; raised band at juncture of neck and shoulder; tube spout with flaring mouth on upper shoulder; three small handles at spout. Coarse, light red (2.5 YR 6/8 to 5/6) clay with light and dark inclusions, with decoration in black paint and added white paint. Handmade. Dark paint on rim, juction of neck and shoulder, and spout. Added white: traces. Surface eroded. Shape generally similar to MS4720 but with spout, smaller rim, and ridge at the juncture between neck and shoulder. |
Height | 17.5 cm |
Length | 29.6 cm |
Width | 3.4 cm |
Thickness | 1.4 cm |
Outside Diameter | 30 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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