Sherd
MS4638.10
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4638.10 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Middle Minoan I | Middle Minoan III |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Body-sherd from a jar. Medium textured, reddish yellow (5 YR 7/6) clay, with decoration in very dark brown paint. Handmade. Wiped with water. Linked discs or discs and loops. Comments: MM I-III. Middle Minoan Dark-on-light Style. For comments see MS4638.1. Interior and broken edges of rim are covered with ancient plaster incrustation. |
| Height | 13.8 cm |
| Length | 6.7 cm |
| Width | 0.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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