Sherd
60-19-39
From: Greece | Crete
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 60-19-39 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete |
| Period | Late Minoan IA |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Body-sherd from the shoulder of a closed vessel. Interior unpainted. Two horizontal bands above frieze of "sacral ivy" (FM 12) with multiple-stemmed foliate bands as stems for the leaves; tufted flowers and filled circles are within the leaves, which have filled tips. Interstices are filled with circles and other filling ornaments, only partly preserved. Added red paint: center band of foliate bands: centers of circles within leaves; centers of some of the circular filling ornaments. See 60-19-37 |
| Length | 11.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Estate of Edith Hall Dohan, 1960 |
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