Stirrup Jar
MS4890
From: Greece | Crete | Mochlos
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS4890 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Minoan |
Provenience | Greece | Crete | Mochlos |
Period | Late Minoan IB |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Large globular stirrup-jar. Mouth and neck painted, with paint extending to inside of rim; "grass or reed" (FM 16) on shoulder zone, with some plants rising from band on shoulder and others extending down from the false neck; two sets of three horizontal bands on body, bounding a body zone with four zig-zag bands; lower part of body painted. Diagonal lines on handles. Resting surface unpainted. Coarse, pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay with decoration in reddish brown (5YR 7/4) to black paint. Self-slipped. Restored from fragments. Some sherds missing, including top of false neck. |
Height | 33.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 31 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1908 |
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