Rim Sherd

MS4637.31

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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