Body Sherd
MS4637.80
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4637.80 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Middle Minoan III |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Body-sherd from a large closed vessel. Medium textured, light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) clay with light and dark inclusions, covered with unevenly colored black paint, with decoration in added white paint. Handmade. Interior unpainted. Covered with black paint. Added white: two bands above running spirals. A common motif. |
| Height | 11 cm |
| Length | 17.9 cm |
| Width | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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