Rim Sherd
| Object Number: | MS4637.6 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Minoan |
| Provenience: | Greece Crete Gournia |
| Period: | Late Minoan IA |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Height: | 4.4 cm |
| Length: | 6.7 cm |
| Width: | 0.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 7 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
Description
Rim-sherd from a jug or jar. Fine, pinkish gray (7.5YR 7-8/2) clay with a darker core, with decoration in black paint and added white paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Band on rim, inside and out. Frieze of joined rosette spirals. Added white: thin band on outside of rim. Comments: LM IA. For this motif at Gournia see Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 7, nos. 26 and 32. For discussion see Niemeier 1980: 32-34.
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. 64, no. 628, pl. 26, fig. 25 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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