Sherd

MS4629.24

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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