Body Sherd
Basin (uncertain)
Jar (uncertain)
MS4617.6
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4617.6 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Middle Minoan IB | Middle Minoan II | Middle Minoan III |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Body-sherd from a basin or jar. Coarse, unevenly colored weak red (10 R 4/2) clay with light and dark inclusions, covered with black paint. Handmade. Added band of clay, with incised hatches. Surface eroded. Comments: MM IB-III. For the band, a common type, compare Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 1, nos. 29-30 (Gournia). |
| Height | 6.6 cm |
| Length | 5.6 cm |
| Width | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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