Fragment of a Cretan relief-decorated pithos

Classification

pithos ; relief decorated vessel

Culture

Minoan

Dimensions

9.9 x 19 cm

Date

1600–1190 B.C.

Period

Late Minoan Period (1700/1600–1100)

Material

clay

Iconography

notched decoration ; wavy lines

Production place

Knossos

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts

Inventory

50.549

ID

Hyp-1380

References

Haas-Lebegyev–Márton, CVA Hongrie 3, 20–21, pl. 1, 6