Rim Sherd

MS4637.62

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4637.62
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Rim-sherd from a large closed vessel. Fine, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) clay with a darker core and a paler surface, with decoration in black paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Band inside mouth and on top of rim. Band on rim with solid waves below. Probably a sherd from a piriform jar.

Height 7.6 cm
Length 13.7 cm
Width 0.6 cm
Outside Diameter 23.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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