Cup

MS4242

From: Greece | Crete | Vasiliki

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4242
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Vasiliki
Period Middle Minoan IA
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Shape: Tall, conical cup with slightly convex profile. Fabric: Fine, reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) clay with decoration in mottled red (2.5YR 5/8) to black (10R 2.5/1) paint and added white (10YR 8/2) paint. Decoration: Uneven color, from the firing. Interior red. Added white paint: band on upper part of body. Resting surface with some paint around edge, otherwise unpainted. Condition: Restored from fragments. Some sherds missing.

Height 7.3 cm
Outside Diameter 7.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1906

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