Body Sherd

MS4637.120B

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4637.120B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Body-sherd from a large closed vessel. Coarse, reddish brown (2.5 YR 5/4) clay with a grayer core, with light and dark inclusions; covered on the exterior with light gray (10 YR 7/2) slip, with decoration in dark brown paint. Grass or reed (FM 16) rising from band. See MS4637.73.

Height 6.9 cm
Length 11.5 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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