Bridge-spouted jug with decoration in the Standard Tradition



Bridge-spouted jug with decoration in the Standard Tradition

Π2644
Clay
Mended and restored.
Height: 29 cm. Rim diameter: 13 cm.
Knossos
Palace
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan ΙA period.:
1600 - 1500 BC:
Gallery:
IV
Case:
40
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). The New Palaces. The zenith of Minoan civilisation
The equipment of the palace and houses of Knossos
Description
Bridge-spouted jar decorated in the Standard Tradition with black paint on buff slip. The motifs consist of running spirals with central dots, wavy lines and bands. The jar has a globular body, a simple base, a low neck, a bridge spout and a vertical handle. It was used for pouring liquids, alcoholic or otherwise, probably during the course of communal feasts.
Bibliography:
Evans, A.J. The Palace of Minos: A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos. Volume IV. London, 1928, 264.
Author:
P. S.


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