What is a stirrup jar used for?
The stirrup jar shape functioned as a container for the transport or storage of wine and/or oil. It was often used as a burial offering and is frequently found in tombs (2). The stirrup jar developed in the Middle Minoan Period (c. 2,000-1,650 B.C.E.) on Crete, possibly at the site of Gournia. What did stirrup…