Rim Sherd

Bowl (uncertain)

Cup (uncertain)

MS4617.13

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4617.13
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Middle Minoan I | Middle Minoan II | Middle Minoan III
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Rim-sherd from a conical cup or bowl (?). Fine, red (2.5 YR 5/6) clay, with a paler surface, with decoration in black paint. Wiped with water. Handmade. Band on rim, inside and out. Pendant semicircles at rim, on exterior. Comments: MM I-III. Marked "ghem B."in Greek. From Deposit B. For the Middle Minoan Dark-on-light Style see MS4638.1

Height 4.4 cm
Length 5.1 cm
Width 0.8 cm
Outside Diameter 11 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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