Amphora

Object Number

SMP6428

Name

Amphora

Jug

cooking pot

Plate

cup

bowl

lamp

Dish

Description

Coarse to fineware. Two Geometric sherds:lid with concentric circles painted white on black and lid with concentric circles painted with reddish-dark paint on pale fabric vessel. Mostly Hellenistic to Roman. Many body sherds with prominent grooves; cooking ware with signs of burning and gritty fabric preserved. Two sherds of terra sigillata; several amphora toes; one Hellenistic shallow bowl dipped in dark paint; one lamp with incised diagonal lines preserved. One sherd of Roman redware depicting sheep preserved on interior of shallow bowl preserved. Multiple bowls and cups with both flat and ring feet - almost all undecorated. Painted stem from vessel possibly from an earlier date.

Specimen Count

1

Preservation State

Fragment

Collection Date From

13-May-71

Collection Date To

14-May-71

Department

Knossos

Collection

Stratigraphical Museum

EMu IRN

146705