Jar
| Object Number: | MS4730 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Minoan |
| Provenience: | Greece Crete Gournia |
| Period: | Late Minoan IB |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Height: | 11 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 11.3 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
Description
Cylindrical pyxis; constricted neck to accomodate a lid; two lug handles. Fine, pink (7.5 YR 7/4) clay, wiht decoration in red (2.5 YR 5/8) paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Band on neck; six bands of paint flecks on body. Restored from fragments; some sherds missing. For the shape see Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 7, no. 13 (Gournia).
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. 76, no. 690, pl. 35, fig. 32 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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