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| Object Number: | MS4608 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Minoan |
| Provenience: | Greece Crete Gournia |
| Period: | Late Minoan IB |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Height: | 4.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 3.3 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
Description
Miniature alabastron with rounded body and no handles. Fine, pink (7.5 YR 7-8/4) clay, with decoration in brown to black paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Bands on rim and at base; foliate band on body. Comments: LM IB. Compare Coldstream and Huxley, eds. 1973: pl. 81, no. 27 (Kythera). For the shape compare Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 8, no. 38 (Gournia).
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Classical Gallery: Aegean/Cretan (1975 - 2000) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Collection] Silverman, Jean S., and Betancourt, Philip P. 1991. Pottery from Gournia:The Cretan Collection in the University Museum, The University of Pennsylvania.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 71, no. 666, pl. 32, fig. 29 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Thesis] Silverman, Jean S. 1978. The Gournia Collection in the University Museum: A Study in East Cretan Pottery. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 116, no. 282, pl. 23d | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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