Alabastron
MS4282
From: Greece | Crete | Pseira
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4282 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Pseira |
| Period | Late Minoan I |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Shape: Baggy alabastron with no handles. Fabric: Fine, pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay with decoration in reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) to black (5YR 2.5/1) paint. Self-slipped. Decoration: Interior of mouth painted. Three bands on neck; frieze of scale pattern on shoulder zone; three bands on lower body. Resting surface unpainted. Condition: One sherd missing, otherwise intact. |
| Height | 6.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 6.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1908 |
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