Body Sherd

MS4637.14

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4637.14
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Body-sherd from a closed vessel. Fine, very pale brown (10 YR 7/3) clay with a paler surface, with decoration in red to reddish brown paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Interior unpainted. Running spirals above bands.

Height 6.2 cm
Length 5.7 cm
Width 0.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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