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MS4793.12
From: Greece | Crete | Vrokastro
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4793.12 |
| 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 straight-sided pitos. Interior unglazed. Exterior covered with a white ground on which the decoration is painted in light brown glaze. From top to bottom: 4 wheel painted lines; band of horizontal dotted diamonds; 4 wheel painted lines; glazed band. Medium brown clay, very hard. Identification by Nicolas Coldstream on visit 8 Apr 82. |
| Length | 9 cm |
| Thickness | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912 |
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