Straight-Sided Cup [Gr83]
Middle Minoan II-III, c. 1800 – c. 1600 BC
Painted terracotta (h. 5.2 cm, w. 10.9 cm)
Similar cups have been excavated from several Minoan palace sites. The paint is faded, but a mottled pattern can still be discerned. [...]
Conical Cup [Gr91]
Late Minoan I, c. 1580 – c. 1430 BC
Painted terracotta (h. 3.5 cm)
Provenance: Unknown Location: Treasury, Gallery 3
Stemmed Cup [Gr92]
Late Minoan IIIA2, c. 1350 – c. 1300 BC
Painted Terracotta (h. 7.2 cm)
Provenance: Knossos (according to a label on the base) Location: Treasury, Gallery 3
Stirrup Jar [Gr86]
Late Helladic IIIA2/B1, c. 1350 – c. 1250 BC
Painted terracotta (h. 11.7 cm, d. 12 cm)
The stirrup jar is a distinctive form of storage vessel that was produced in large quantities in late Bronze Age Greece. It takes its [...]
Piriform Jar [Gr87]
Late Helladic IIIA/B, c. 1350 – c. 1300 BC
Painted terracotta (h. 14.8 cm, d. 13.2 cm)
Piriform (pear-shaped) jars were one of the commonest Mycenaean pottery types in the 14th and 13th centuries. They usually contained [...]
Straight-Sided Alabastron [Gr84]
Late Helladic IIIB, c. 1250 – c. 1200 BC
Painted terracotta (h. 8.4 cm, d. 9.8 cm)
The alabastron is one of the commonest forms of Mycenaean pottery. It may have contained honey or ointments. Literature: J. [...]
Stemmed Cup [Gr85]
Late Helladic III, c. 1350 – c. 1150 BC
Painted terracotta (h. 16.4 cm, w. 19.8 cm)
Large quantities of these stemmed drinking cups have been excavated from Mycenaean palaces, and they may have been used at large [...]