Acquisition number: 1973.13
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Minoan Juglet, from Knossos. The handle is missing but was of simple strap form. Round mouth; flat cut-away base. Soft pale orange-buff clay with small dark red inclusions. The vase is unpainted and poorly thrown.
Title: Minoan Juglet - 1973.13
Acquisition number: 1973.13
Acquisition source or name: Trustees of the British Museum
Acquisition year: 1973
Owner type: ANU Classics Museum
Culture or period: Middle Minoan III
Date: c. 1600 BC.
Date century or Timeline (notional): 1600 to 1501
Material: Clay
Object type: Vessels - Jug/wine jug
Dimensions: 53mm (w) × 81mm (h)
Origin region or location: Greece
Origin city: Knossos
Display case or on loan: 1
Collection history: Donation/Gift/Exchange
Keywords: Bronze Age, Middle Minoan III, Minoan, Knossos, Crete
J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U., Canberra, 1981, p.17.
1973.13
Minoan Juglet
From Knossos; presented by the Trustees of the British Museum. Max. ht 8.1cm; diam ca 5.3cm.
The handle is missing but was of simple strap form. Round mouth; flat cut-away base. Soft pale orange-buff clay with small dark red inclusions. The vase is unpainted and poorly thrown.
Plain pieces such as this and the dish 1973.14 were found in large numbers in the Middle Minoan III deposits of the Palace at Knossos; for a discussion of such pottery, most of which seems to have been excavated in the North East Magazines, see A.J. Evans, Palace of Minos (London 1921) I, 568-590.
Ca 1600 BC.
J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U., Canberra, 1981, p.17.
1973.13
Minoan juglet
Wheel-made; from the Palace at Knossos
Plain pieces such as this and the dish 1973.14 were found in large numbers in Middle Minoan III deposits at the Palace of Knossos. The palace, for approximately five centuries (c. 2000 - 1500 BC), was a storage and distribution centre for food produced in the region.
Middle Minoan III / c. 1600 BC
Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum
Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum.