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MS4793.19

From: Greece | Crete | Vrokastro

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4793.19
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cretan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Vrokastro
Period Late Geometric Period
Date Made 745-710
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Fragment of lip and upper wall of krater. Interior unglazed. Very fugitive black glaze on exterior: difficult to determine what the decoration was. Evidently there were diagonal lines on what remains of wall. Dark splotches on exterior, probably ink since there are traces on the breaks. Reddish brown clay. Identification by Nicolas Coldstream on visit 8 Apr 82.

Length 12 cm
Outside Diameter 21 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912

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