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MS4726B

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4726B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan IB
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Tall alabastron with two, three, or four vertical handles on upper shoulder. Clay and surface similar to MS4609. Bands on neck, body, and lower body; two friezes of paint flecks. About half preserved. For the shape compare The Cretan Collection: vol. I, no. 9 (Mochlos) and Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 9, no. 8 (Gournia, almost identical). For the decoration compare also Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 8, no. 38 (Gournia).

Height 12.1 cm
Outside Diameter 11.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904
Other Number 564A - Other Number

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