Cup
MS4884
From: Greece | Crete | Priniatiko Pyrgos
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4884 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Priniatiko Pyrgos |
| Period | Middle Minoan III | Late Minoan IA |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Shape: Conical cup or bowl with slightly convex profile, with small foot. Fabric: Fine, pink (7.5YR 8/4) clay with pink (7.5YR 8/4) to reddish yellow (7/5YR 7/8) slip and decoration in red (2.5YR 5/8) to black paint. Decoration: Interior painted. Band at rim; ripple pattern (tortoise shell ripple) on exterior. Resting surface slipped but unpainted. Condition: Intact. Surface very eroded. |
| Height | 4.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 9.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912 |
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