Flask

MS4502

From: Greece | Crete | Agios Theodoros

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4502
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Agios Theodoros
Period Late Minoan IIIB | Late Minoan IIIC
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Lentoid flask with slightly flaring mouth and one strap handle, without base (pilgrim flask). Six concentric circles with dot in center on each side with additional line around the vase's edge, continuing onto neck and handle. Wavy lines on neck. Fine, pink (7.5YR 8/4) clay with decoration in red (2.5YR 4/6) to black (10R 2.5/1) paint. Self-slipped. Restored from fragments. Some sherds missing. Surface eroded, especially on one side.

Height 13 cm
Outside Diameter 9.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1906

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