Jug
Amphoriskos
MS4697
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4697 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Late Minoan IIIA | Late Minoan IIIB |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Wheel Made |
| Description | Amphoriskos with round mouth. Medium textured, light reddish brown (2.5 YR 6/4) clay with light and dark inclusions. Wiped with water. Wheelmade; pronounced wheel marks. Intact except for half of rim and one handle. From Hill House, in NE corner alter room. Compare Evans 1921-35: I, 589, figs. 403C and 416B (Knossos) |
| Height | 19.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 5.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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