Body Sherd
MS4637.59A
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4637.59A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Two non-joining body-sherds from a closed vessel, probably a jug or jar. Fine, reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) clay with a darker core and a paler surface, with decoration in reddish brown paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Interior unpainted. Bands. Comments: Probably LM I. Dated by the general appearance of the fabric and paint. |
| Height | 8 cm |
| Length | 7.5 cm |
| Width | 0.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
| Other Number | 725 (P. Betancourt's 1991 publication) - Other Number |
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