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MS4793.9

From: Greece | Crete | Vrokastro

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4793.9
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cretan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Vrokastro
Period Late Geometric Period
Date Made 745-710 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Shoulder fragment of a krater. Or an amphora? Cf. MS 4793.8. Interior glazed. To left and above: 2 glazed bands at right angles to one another forming the upper left corner of the frame of a panel. Area above upper band unglazed. In panel, top to bottom: a horizontal band of quirks; a wheel painted line; a horizontal band of quirks; 2 wheel painted lines; part of a set of concentric circles. Brownish-black glaze. Light brown clay, very hard. Large splotches, probably of ink (goes over breaks) on exterior surface. Identification by Nicolas Coldstream on visit 8Apr82.

Length 11.5 cm
Thickness 0.9 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912

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