Rim Sherd
MS4637.31
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS4637.31 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Minoan |
Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
Period | Late Minoan IA |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Rim-sherd from a closed vessel. Fine, pink (7.5 YR 7/4) clay, with decoration in red to brown paint and added white paint. Slipped with pink (7.5 YR 8/4) slip and burnished. Thickened rim. Band on rim; running spirals with large centers. Added white: tiny dots on centers of spirals; thin bands on rim band. The date is based on the type of spirals. |
Height | 5.6 cm |
Length | 5 cm |
Width | 0.48 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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