Jug

MS4600C

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4600C
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Middle Minoan II | Middle Minoan III
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Miniature jug with one high handle, round mouth, low maximum diameter, and pronounced base. Fine, reddish yellow (7.5 YR 7-8/6) clay, covered with dark brown to black paint. Undecorated. Intact except for part of handle; surface eroded. Compare Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 2, no. 22 (Gournia); Hutchinson, Eccles, and Benton 1939-40: pl. 14, no. 1 (Palaikastro).

Height 7.3 cm
Length 6 cm
Width 0.3 cm
Outside Diameter 4.07 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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