cup; rhyton

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Object Type: cup; rhyton
Museum number: 1921,0515.43
Description: Pottery Minoan pedestalled cup with a pierced based, giving it a function as a rhyton. Restored with plaster. Painted with brown running spirals with added white dots and bands below.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1600BC-1450BC
Production place: Made in: Crete
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Mirabello, Gulf of
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 7.40 centimetres (base); Diameter: 17.50 centimetres (rim); Height: 20.10 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (A644); Koehl 2006 / Aegean Bronze Age Rhyta (Cat. no. 1217)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1921
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1921,0515.43

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