Cup

MS4239

From: Greece | Crete | Vasiliki

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4239
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Vasiliki
Period Middle Minoan IA
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Shape: cup with ogival profile and one strap handle. Fabric: Fine, pink (7.5YR 8/4) clay with dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) to very dusky red (2.5YR 2.5/2) paint and decoration in added white (10YR 8/2) paint. Decoration: Painted, inside and out, except for strip under handle and resting surface. Added white paint: three horizontal bands on upper part of body; other lines below, very errdoed. Condition: Cracked, otherwise intact.

Height 8.3 cm
Outside Diameter 12.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1906

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