MINYAN WARE

first wheel-made pottery to be produced in Middle-Bronze-Age Greece. It was first found at sites at Orchomenus. It was first introduced onto the mainland from Asia Minor in the third phase of the Early Helladic (22002000 BC); production continued during the Middle Helladic (c. 2000c. 1600 BC). Uniformly gray in colour, the ware has a soaplike feeling, and its shapes are modeled after metal objects.