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MS4793.15

From: Greece | Crete | Vrokastro

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4793.15
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cretan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Vrokastro
Period Late Geometric Period | Early Orientalizing Period
Date Made 745-600 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Fragment of lip and wall of krater. Interior fully light brown glaze. Distinct articulation between lip and wall. Lip canted slightly outward in profile. 3 wheel glazed lines on exterior of lip. Glaze band at juncture of lip and wall. Band of 6 sets of concentric circles in each set, on upper wall. Three wheel glazed lines below. Pinkish brown clay. Identification by Nicolas Coldstream on visit 8 Apr 82.

Length 13 cm
Outside Diameter 20 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912

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