Body Sherd

Cup

MS4637.44

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4637.44
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Body-sherd from a semiglobular cup. Fine, pink (5YR 7/4) clay with a paler surface, with decoration in dark brown to black paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Inerior painted. Grass or reed (FM 16) above bands. A common type. For the motif see 565 [MS4637.8].

Height 5.4 cm
Length 6.4 cm
Width 0.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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