Sherd
MS4629.24
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS4629.24 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Minoan |
Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
Period | Middle Minoan IA | Middle Minoan IIA |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Rim-sherd from a carinated cup. Fine, pinkl (5-7.5 YR 7/4) clay, covered with red to reddish brown paint with decoration in added white paint. Added white: band on rim; portion of a design. Surface eroded. Comments: MM IA-IIA. Perhaps the decoration consisted of a band and pendent semicircles, or a spray. |
Height | 5 cm |
Length | 5.3 cm |
Width | 0.3 cm |
Outside Diameter | 9 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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