Cup
MS4601G
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4601G |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Late Minoan I |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Miniature conical cup; straight profile. Fine, pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay. Wiped with water. Intact. Comments: LMI. Compare (among many others) Sackett and Popham 1970: fig.13, nos.1-3 (Palaikastro); Lembesi, Olivier, and Godart 1974: fig.42C, center (Archanes). The conical cup is the most common Minoan pottery shape; it is especially popular in LMI. The shape is discussed in detail by Wiener (1984). |
| Height | 3.5 cm |
| Length | 5.2 cm |
| Width | 0.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 5.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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