Cup
MS4894
From: Greece | Crete | Priniatiko Pyrgos
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4894 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Priniatiko Pyrgos |
| Period | Early Minoan III |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Cup with convex profile, with one strap handle. Fine, pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay with dull, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) to dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) paint and decoration in added white (10YR 8/2) paint. Band on inside of rim. Exterior painted except for center of handle. Added white paint: three thin stripes on top of handle; frieze of isolated motifs consisting of slanting double rows of dots bounded by double lines, with two bands above and two below. Fragments of rim and handle preserved. |
| Height | 5.1 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912 |
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