Ure Museum | Database

Accession_Number

61.6.1.2

Shape

Squat conical cup; saltcellar

Shape_description

Uneven rim; sloping sides form a conical shape; small well in bottom of interior; flat base.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Minoan

Fabric_description

Pale

Munsell_color

2.5Y 7/4 or 10YR 8/4

Decoration

Undecorated

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact, few small chips in rim and scratches and pinprick sized holes on exterior.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Knossos (not the excavation of Evans and the British School).

Period

Middle Minoan III

Date

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.92.0014.jpg	Bottom view of a Minoan conical cup.
2003.92.0015.jpg	Top view of a Minoan conical cup.
2003.92.0016.jpg	Side view of a Minoan conical cup.
2003.92.0017.jpg	Side view of a Minoan conical cup.
2008.10.0038.jpg	Profile view drawing of a Minoan conical cup.
2008.99.0468.jpg	Oblique top view of a Minoan conical cup.
2008.99.0469.jpg	Side view of a Minoan conical cup.
2008.99.0470.jpg	Side view of a Minoan conical cup.
2008.99.0471.jpg	Side view of a Minoan conical cup.
2008.99.0472.jpg	Side view of a Minoan conical cup.
2008.99.0473.jpg	Top view of a Minoan conical cup.
2008.99.0474.jpg	Bottom view of a Minoan conical cup.