Body Sherd

MS4700.16

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4700.16
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Middle Minoan III | Late Minoan IA
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Handmade
Description

Body-sherd from a closed vessel. Medium textured, very pale brown (10 YR 8/3) clay with dark and light inclusions, with decoration in black paint and added white. Wiped with water. Handmade. Areas of black paint. Added white: band and two wavy lines. Surface eroded.

Height 5.7 cm
Length 2.3 cm
Width 0.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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