Rhyton

MS4124

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4124
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Locus B11
Period Late Minoan I
Date Made 1660-1500 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Conical rhyton with high handle and clay rivet at juncture of handle and rim; flat, slightly outturned rim; vertical paring marks on lower part of body. Fine, pink (7.5 YR 7/4) clay with decoration in brown to black paint and added white paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Inside of mouth painted; rim painted; series of friezes, separated by bands: dot band; joined running spirals with solid centers; dot band; joined running spirals with solid centers; dot band; foliate band; three dot bands; vertical row of dots on outside of handle. Added white: tiny dots on centers of spirals; thin bands and dots on dark bands. Restored from sherds; some fragments missing.

Length 33.1 cm
Width 14.4 cm
Depth 11.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904
Other Number 689 - Field No SF | ...9 - Other Number

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