Body Sherd

MS4637.22

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4637.22
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, pink (5 YR 7/4) clay with a paler surface, with decoration in red paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Interior unpainted but with the end of a painted line. Joined running spirals. A common type.

Height 5.8 cm
Length 4.9 cm
Width 0.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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