Body Sherd

MS4637.59B

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4637.59B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Two non-joining body-sherds from a closed vessel, probably a jug or jar. Fine, reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) clay with a darker core and a paler surface, with decoration in reddish brown paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Interior unpainted. Bands. Dated by the general appearance of the fabric and paint.

Height 9.3 cm
Length 8.4 cm
Width 0.78 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904
Other Number 725 (P. Betancourt's 1991 publication) - Other Number

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