Body Sherd

MS4637.57

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4637.57
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan IIIA | Late Minoan IIIB
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Body-sherd from the cover of an incense burner (?). Fine, light red (2.5YR 6/6) clay, slipped (?) with pink slip, with decoration in dark reddish brown paint. Burnished. Interior unpainted. Bands of chevrons. For incense burners and their covers see the discussion of Georgiou 1979.

Height 4.5 cm
Length 6.2 cm
Width 0.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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