Sherd

MS4617.23

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4617.23
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Middle Minoan I | Middle Minoan III
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Base-sherd from a closed vessel. Fine, light brown (7.5 YR 6/4) clay, with decoration in dark brown paint and added white (actually pink, 7.5 YR 8/4) paint. Dark band as base extends onto underside edge; diagonal lines above. Added white: two thin bands on dark band on base. Comments: MM I-III. Marked "ghem B," in Greek. From Deposit B. For comments on the Middle Minoan Dark-on-light Style see 373.

Height 4.9 cm
Length 5.4 cm
Width 0.5 cm
Outside Diameter 6 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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