Body Sherd

MS4637.120A

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4637.120A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Body-sherd from a large closed vessel. Coarse, reddish brown (2.5 YR 5/4) clay with a grayer core, with light and dark inclusions; covered on the exterior with light gray (10 YR 7/2) slip, with decoration in dark brown paint. Grass or reed (FM 16) rising from band. See MS4637-73.

Height 10.1 cm
Length 13.2 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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