Rim Sherd
MS4637.83
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4637.83 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Middle Minoan III | Late Minoan IB |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Rim-sherd from a closed vessel; two plastic knobs on the exterior, with the upper one flanked by perforations; another knob or handle, now missing, was at the rim on the inside, between the perforations. Fine, gritty, very pale brown (10YR 8/4) clay, with decoration in black paint. Wiped with water. Handmade. Interior unpainted. Band on rim. Splatters of paint on upper part of body. Comments: MM III-LM IB(?). |
| Height | 12.8 cm |
| Length | 12 cm |
| Width | 0.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 21 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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