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MS4638.4
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4638.4 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Middle Minoan I | Middle Minoan III |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Shape similar to MS4638.3. Medium-textured, pink (7.5 YR 7/4) clay, with decoration in dark brown to black paint. Handmade. Wiped with water. Groups of three vertical lines on edge; concentric semicircles and crossed lines on upper surface. About one-third preserved; handle not preserved. Comments: MM I-III. For comments on the Middle Minoan Dark-on-light Style see MS4638.1. For comments on the shape and decoration see MS4638.3. |
| Height | 13.4 cm |
| Length | 7.8 cm |
| Width | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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