Body Sherd
MS4637.55
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4637.55 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Late Minoan I |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Body-sherd from a closed vessel. Fine, reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) clay with a paler surface, with decoration in dark reddish brown to black paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Interior unpainted. Sprays of leaves. Compare Marinatos 1968-76: II, pl. 31, no. 2 (Akrotiri). |
| Height | 4.2 cm |
| Length | 5.5 cm |
| Width | 0.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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