Jug

MS4600H

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4600H
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Miniature jug with one vertical handle, trefoil mouth, and low maximum diameter. Medium textured, light reddish brown (5 YR 6/4) to black clay, varying greatly in color, with light and dark inclusions. Wiped with water. Swashes of dark paint. Intact. Comments: Probably LM I. See MS4600A. The low maximum diameter is not uncommon in eastern Crete in LM I. Compare (among others) Dawkins 1902-03: fig. 21, no. 11 (Palaikastro).

Height 7.8 cm
Length 6.56 cm
Width 0.5 cm
Outside Diameter 4.56 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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