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MS4615.23

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4615.23
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Locus N Trench
Period Early Minoan III
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique White-on-Dark Ware
Description

Similar to MS4615.2 but fabric light brown (7.5 YR 6/4) at the core and darker near the exterior, with a paler surface. Added white: two bands at rim with groups of short lines above; diagonal double band of dots flanked by triple bands. East Cretan White-on-dark Ware. Compare Hall 1904-05: pl. 30, nos. 1-2 (Gournia). For the dot band see Betancourt 1984 c: 25, Motif 5.

Height 5.3 cm
Length 4.7 cm
Width 0.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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