Cup

MS4602H

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4602H
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Locus D9
Period Late Minoan IB
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Bell cup with pitched-in spout opposite the handle. Medium textured, reddish yellow (5 YR 7/6) clay with light and dark inclusions. Wiped with water. Undecorated, intact. Marked "861a" on side. For the shape (without a spout) compare (among others) Sackett and Popham 1970: fig. 13, no. 15 (Palaikastro); Kaiser 1976 b: pl. 12, no. 4 (Knossos); Lembesi, Olivier and Godart 1974: pl. 42D, right (Archanes).

Height 6 cm
Outside Diameter 3.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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