Body Sherd
MS4700.15
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4700.15 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Middle Minoan III |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Body-sherd from the upper shoulder of a closed vessel; edge of horizontal handle. Fine, sandy, pink (7.5 YR 7/4) clay with a redder core, covered with dark brown to black paint, with decoration in added white paint. Dark painted on exterior. Added white: band at neck; frieze of running spirals with waves, between bands. Surface eroded. A common decoration. Compare MS4700.9. |
| Height | 17 cm |
| Length | 17.5 cm |
| Width | 0.75 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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