Body Sherd

MS4637.18

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4637.18
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan IA
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Body-sherd from an open vessel. Fine, light brown (7.5 YR 6/4) clay, with decoration in red to brown paint, added orange or red paint, and added white paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Bands on interior. Running spirals above bands. Added white: thin bands on dark bands on dark bands. Added orange or red: traces of bands between the dark bands. See MS4637.27.

Height 4.6 cm
Length 8.2 cm
Width 0.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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