Body Sherd
MS4637.86
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4637.86 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Late Minoan IB | Late Minoan II | Late Minoan IIIA |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Body-sherd from a closed vessel. Medium textured, pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay with a paler surface, with light and dark inclusions, with decoration in dark brownpaint. Wiped with water. Handmade. Interior unpainted. Bands, isolated spirals, foliate scroll, and drop motif. Surface eroded. The isolated spirals may suggest a late date, but the remainder of the ornament is within the LM IB style. |
| Height | 9.6 cm |
| Length | 7.9 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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