Stirrup Jar
| Object Number: | MS4126 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Minoan |
| Provenience: | Greece Crete Gournia |
| Period: | Late Minoan IIIA:2 Late Minoan IIIB |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Height: | 19.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 16.3 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
Description
Stirrup jar with piriform shape, with pronounced base. Fine pink (5 YR 8/4) clay, with decoration in red (2.5 YR 5/6) to slightly darker paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Bands around bases of spout and handles; bands over all of vessel. Spout chipped, otherwise intact; surface eroded, especially on upper part. Comments: LM IIIA: 2-IIIB. From B 16. Generally similar is Popham 1964: pl. 4d (Knossos).
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. 92, no. 767, pl. 42, fig. 39 | 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.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 180; p.185, no. 457, pl. 28c | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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