Jar

MS4647

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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