Cup
MS4602G
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4602G |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Late Minoan I | Late Minoan II | Late Minoan III |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Conical cup with S-shaped profile and pronounced base. Wiped with water. Medium textured, reddish yellow (7.5 YR 7/6) clay with decoration in dark brown (7.5 YR 3/2) paint. Band on rim, inside and out, with one drip down side. Restored from fragments. Marked "B79" on bottom. Shaped somewhat like a common bell cup, but witah no handle. Compare (among others) Sackett and Popham 1970: fig. 13, nos. 12-13 (Palaikastro); Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 9, no. 21 (Gournia); Lembesi, Olivier and Godart 1974: pl. 42, no. 3, center (Archanes). |
| Height | 5.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 8.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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