Base Sherd
| Object Number: | MS4617.33 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Minoan |
| Provenience: | Greece Crete Gournia |
| Period: | Late Minoan IB |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Height: | 3.4 cm |
| Length: | 6.2 cm |
| Width: | 2.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 6.25 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
Description
Base-sherd from a stemmed cup like MS4169, with a hole in the base. Fine, pink (7.5 YR 7/4) clay, with decoration in dark (poorly preserved) paint. Wiped with water (and burnished?). Bottom of vessel painted. Comments: LM IB. Marked "ghem B", in Greek. From Deposit B. For the shape see MS 4169.
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. 54, no. 582, pl. 17, fig. 20 | 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. 175, no. 440, pl. 12d, no. 2 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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