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MS4793.10
From: Greece | Crete | Vrokastro
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4793.10 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cretan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Vrokastro |
| Period | Early Geometric Period |
| Date Made | 810-790 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Shoulder fragment of a straight-sided pithos. Interior unglazed. Surface of exterior reserved, with decoration in light brown glaze. On shoulder, top to bottom: inverted point of a triangle with central dot; 4 wheel painted lines; a glazed band. On wall, top to bottom: 4 wheel painted lines; part of a maeander (?) or key pattern consisting of 2 bordering lines with 2 lines of dots between. Hard, medium brown clay. Identification by Nicolas Coldstream on visit 8 Apr 82. |
| Length | 10 cm |
| Thickness | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912 |
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