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MS4793.17

From: Greece | Crete | Vrokastro

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4793.17
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cretan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Vrokastro
Period Early Geometric Period | Middle Geometric Period
Date Made 810-745
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Fragment of lip and wall of krater. Interior: a glazed band on inside of lip and another at ca. mid-point of wall. Exterior: decoration in dull brownish-black glaze side. To left, on reserved ground, in panel, decoration between 2 bordering lines, a horizontal band of hatched triangles, an upright alternating with an inverted. Below, 2 wheel painted lines. Light brown clay. Identification by Nicolas Coldstream, on visit 8 Apr 82.

Height 7 cm
Length 7.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912

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