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title: Minoan Decorated Jug Found in Egypt
author: James Blake Wiener
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7582/minoan-decorated-jug-found-in-egypt/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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# Minoan Decorated Jug Found in Egypt

_Authored by [James Blake Wiener](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jbw288/)_

## Image File

[![Minoan Decorated Jug Found in Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7582.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7582.jpg)

## Image Caption

One of the world's most famous works of [Minoan pottery](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/391/minoan-pottery/), this vessel shows five mollusks called nautili floating above the seafloor. The sinuous undulating lines of the water plans and nautili tentacles clearly demonstrate the Minoans' love of bold sweeping designs. For the Egyptians, [Minoan](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Minoan/) painting must have provided an exotic contrast to their own balanced, ordered designs. This specimen of painted [pottery](https://www.worldhistory.org/pottery/) dates from the Late Minoan IB Period (c. 1575-1500 BCE). It was uncovered in Lower [Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/egypt/) but was made in [Crete](https://www.worldhistory.org/crete/). (Brooklyn Museum, New York)

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## About the Author

James Blake Wiener has a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of World History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswiener)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2017, November 08). Minoan Decorated Jug Found in Egypt. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7582/minoan-decorated-jug-found-in-egypt/>
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "Minoan Decorated Jug Found in Egypt." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 08, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7582/minoan-decorated-jug-found-in-egypt/>.
### MLA
Wiener, James Blake. "Minoan Decorated Jug Found in Egypt." *World History Encyclopedia*, 08 Nov 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7582/minoan-decorated-jug-found-in-egypt/>.

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