Jug
| Object Number: | MS4600K |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Minoan |
| Provenience: | Greece Crete Gournia |
| Locus: | Omega 11 |
| Period: | Late Minoan IB |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Height: | 6.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 9.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
Description
Jug with one handle; three horizontal grooves on neck; parallel string marks. Fine, pink (7.5 YR 7/4) clay, with decoration in reddish yellow to black paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Mouth and neck painted. Foliate band without central stem on body. Restored from fragments; some sherds missing, including spout. The foliate band composed of two zones of crescents suggests LM IB.
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Collection] Silverman, Jean S., and Betancourt, Philip P. 1991. Pottery from Gournia:The Cretan Collection in the University Museum, The University of Pennsylvania.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 66, no. 640, pl. 29, fig. 27 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Thesis] Silverman, Jean S. 1978. The Gournia Collection in the University Museum: A Study in East Cretan Pottery. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 57, no. 118, pl. 5c, no. 2 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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