Lid
MS4257
From: Greece | Crete | Pseira
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4257 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Pseira |
| Period | Middle Minoan IB | Middle Minoan III |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Shape: Flat lid with low, cylindrical to conical sides and central coil handle. Fabric: Pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay, slightly micaceous, with decoration in very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) to black (10YR 2/1) paint. Self-slipped. Decoration: Two sets of three lines on upper surface, continuing onto sides with two additional sets of three lines on sides only Lines on handle underside unpainted. Condition: Handle repaired and partly missing, otherwise intact. |
| Height | 6.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 17.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1908 |
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