Ure Museum | Database

Accession_Number

61.6.1.8

Shape

Jug

Shape_description

Ovaloid jug with a small mouth, a long neck flaring to a large body, and tapering again to a small, plain base; fat, rounded handle.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Minoan

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 7/3

Decoration

Rough, yellowish clay; undecorated.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact, lip broken on one side, a few chips on body, a few surplus blobs of terracotta on base.

Technique/Style

Provenance

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

Period

Middle Minoan III

Date

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.92.0126.jpg	Top view of a Minoan jug, showing broken rim and interior.
2003.92.0127.jpg	Bottom view of an (upside down) Minoan jug, showing base with blobs of surplus terracotta.
2003.92.0128.jpg	Right side view of a Minoan jug, showing handle, and body tapering in sharply about a third of the way down.
2003.92.0129.jpg	Back view of a Minoan jug, showing rounded handle.
2003.92.0130.jpg	Left side view of a Minoan jug, showing tapering body towards bottom, and part of handle.
2003.92.0131.jpg	Front view of a Minoan jug, showing body shape.
2008.99.0440.jpg	Oblique left-side view of a Minoan jug, showing the handle and the mouth.
2008.99.0441.jpg	Left side view of a Minoan jug, showing the handle.
2008.99.0442.jpg	Back side view of a Minoan jug, showing the front of the handle.
2008.99.0443.jpg	Right side view of a Minoan jug, showing the handle.
2008.99.0444.jpg	Front view of a Minoan jug, showing body shape.
2008.99.0445.jpg	Top view of a Minoan jug, showing the handle and the rim.
2008.99.0446.jpg	Bottom view of a Minoan jug, showing the base.