Cooking pot with three legs

(plural, pithoi)

(plural, amphorae or amphoras)

Vessel with a pouring lip shaped like a duck’s beak

Vessel with a closed mouth, appropriate for pouring or transferring liquids

The cup was a very common, everyday vessel during the Minoan period. There were many variations on its shape: conical, handle-less, hemispherical, bell-shaped, straight-sided, spouted, and so on.

A wide-based, straight-sided type of basket

An open-mouthed vessel of a large diameter, on a high stand

A shallow, open, oblong vessel that looks like a small bathtub

A vessel used just like a traditional lamp, inside of which was placed a special fuel, such as olive oil or beeswax