Brazier
Firebox
| Object Number: | MS4105 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Minoan |
| Provenience: | Greece Crete Gournia |
| Period: | Late Minoan I Middle Minoan III |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Height: | 2.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 10.3 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 97a - Other Number |
Description
Similar to 4599 but with many small perforations (d. 0.1-0.2 cm. ) around the larger hole (d. 0.16-O.17cm.). Restored from fragments: some sherds missing. Signs of burning inside hollow chamber. See 4573 and Georgiou 1973 b: Type 1A.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Classical Gallery: Aegean/Cretan (1975 - 2000) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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. 57, no. 595, pl. 17, fig. 21 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Georgiou, Hara S. 1973. "Minoan 'Fireboxes' from Gournia". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 4. pg. 7-14 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 10, fig. 1 | 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.. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 143, 153, no. 374 | View Objects related to this |
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