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MS4793.6

From: Greece | Crete | Vrokastro

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4793.6
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cretan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Vrokastro
Period Protogeometric Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Wall fragment of "?bell krater." Interior unglazed. Exterior surface reserved, with decoration in brownish black glaze. To one side is the corner of a frame of a panel formed by 2 sets of 3 parallel lines at right angles to each other. Within the frame is a set of 6 concentric circles, in 3 pairs. Between each pair are very short hatched lines. Light brown clay. Identification by Nicolas Coldstream on visit 8Apr82.

Length 13 cm
Thickness 1.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912

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