Cup

Conical cup with inturned rim, convex profile, pulled out open spout, and one interior strap handle opposite the spout (scoop). Fine, pink (7.5 YR 7-8/4) clay, covered with black paint, with decoration in added white (poorly preserved) paint. Wheelmade. Barbotine decoration: irregular rough knobs on exterior, at the rim. Added white: traces on exterior (spirals?); dabs on outside of rim; lines on handle. Intact; surface eroded. Marked "G 14 773" and "110" on bottom. For the shape compare Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 6, nos. 32-33 (Gournia); Dawkins 1902-1903: fig. 27, no. 4 (Palaikastro); 1903: 250, fig. 13, with barbotine on the rim (Zakros "pits"); Zervos 1956: fig. 241 (Pseira); Daux 1968: fig. 4, no. 1133 (Mallia); Kaiser 1976 b: pl. 15, nos. 4-5 (Pseira). For the survival of barbotine decoration on rims of vessels into this period see Pelon 1970: 66, and pl. 13, nos. 5b-d (Mallia).