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MS4793.7
From: Greece | Crete | Vrokastro
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4793.7 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cretan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Vrokastro |
| Period | Protogeometric Period |
| Date Made | 840-810 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Wall fragment of bell krater. Interior unglazed. Exterior surface reserved with decoration in brownish glaze. Part of a variety of concentric circle decoration is preserved. Within a set of 6 closely spaced concentric circles, each with a central dot surrounded by 3 circles. Clay tan at edges at break but with a reddish core. Very hard clay. Identification by Nicolas Coldstream on visit 8Apr82. |
| Length | 14.2 cm |
| Thickness | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912 |
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