Fragment of a Cretan relief-decorated pithos (thick-walled storage jar)

Classification

pithos ; relief decorated vessel

Culture

Minoan

Dimensions

21,8 × 10,9 cm

Date

1400–1190 B.C.

Period

Late Minoan Period (1700/1600–1100)

Material

clay

Iconography

notched decoration ; Z-pattern ; zig-zag lines

Production place

Crete

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts

Inventory

50.551

ID

Hyp-6240

References

Haas-Lebegyev–Márton, CVA Hongrie 3, 21, pl. 2, 1

Trails

The Bronze Age

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.