Sherd

60-19-44

From: Greece | Crete

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 60-19-44
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete
Period Late Minoan IA
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Body-sherd from the shoulder of a closed vessel. Interior unpainted. Band above a frieze of "sacral ivy" (FM 12) with rosettes in volutes within the leaves, foliate band at center of leaves, and filled points; flower is used as filling ornament between leaves. Added white paint: thin lines bounding the wide lines of the leaves; and dots on the band at the edge of the filled point of the leaf. See 60-19-37.

Length 11.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Edith Hall Dohan, 1960

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