Cup
MS4889
From: Greece | Crete | Priniatiko Pyrgos
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4889 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Priniatiko Pyrgos |
| Period | Late Minoan IA |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Shape: Striaght-sided cup with slightly concave profile, with one strap handle (Vapheio cup). Fabric: Fine, pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay with very dark gray (7/5YR N3/ ) paint and decoration in added white (poorly preserved) paint. Decoration: Painted, inside and out, including resting surface. Added white paint: band at rim, both inside and out; frieze of leaf-like tendrils, with one band above and four below. Condition: Restored from fragments. Some sherds missing. Added white paint visible only as discolorations. |
| Height | 7.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 10.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912 |
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