Alabastron
MS4283
From: Greece | Crete | Pseira
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS4283 |
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 red (2.5YR 5/6) to reddish black (10R 2.5/1) paint and added white (poorly preserved) paint. Decoration: Interior of mouth painted. Two bands on upper part of vessel; foliate band (FM 64) on shoulder zone; two bands on lower body. Resting surface unpainted. Added white: dots bounded by bands on the dark bands bounding the foliate band; thin bands on the other dark bands. Condition: Mouth and upperpart of neck missing. White paint visible only as discolorations. |
Height | 7.1 cm |
Outside Diameter | 7 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1908 |
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