Body Sherd

MS4637.66

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4637.66
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Body-sherd with handle from a bridge-spouted or side-spouted jar (?). Fine, reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) clay, with decoration in yellowish red to red paint and added red paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Interior unpainted. Bands and conglomerate design; handle painted. Added red: dots inside circles of conglomerate design. Surface eroded.

Height 4.2 cm
Length 7.4 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904
Other Number 615 (P. Betancourt's 1991 publication) - Other Number

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