Cup
MS4488
From: Greece | Crete | Priniatiko Pyrgos
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4488 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Priniatiko Pyrgos |
| Period | Late Minoan I |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Semiglobular cup with very ogival profile and rather small resting surface, with one strap handle. Fabric: Fine, pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) clay with decoration in brown (7.5YR 4/4) to black (5YR 2.5/1) paint. Self-slipped. Decoration: Interior painted. Outside of handle painted. Frieze of running spirals on exterior, with one band above and two below. Resting surface unpainted. Condition: Restored from fragments. |
| Height | 6.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 12.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912 |
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