Rim Sherd

Bowl

Rim-sherd from a shallow, open bowl. Medium textured, light red (2.5 YR 6/6-8) clay with a paler surface, decorated with reddish brown (2.5 YR 4/4) to red (2.5 YR 4/6) paint and added white paint. Self-slipped. Band on inside and outside of rim. Added white: alternating groups of four diagonal lines on band in interior; alternating groups of three diagonal lines on band on exterior. East Cretan White-on-dark Ware. The ware in general is discussed in Betancourt 1984 a; this shape is discussed in Betancourt 1984 c: 38-39. Shallow open bowls with various decorations on the inside of the rim are Common in Crete. Compare Seager 1909: fig. 8 (Mochlos); Maraghiannis and Karo 1907-21: II, pl. 22, no. 3 (Pseira); Xanthoudides 1924: pl. 6, no. 5082 (Porti); Forsdyke 1925: 76-77, fig. 94 (site unknown); Effenterre and Effenterre 1976: pl. 20i (Mallia). For the zigzag motif in this ware see Betancourt 1984c: Motif 12.