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MS4250

From: Greece | Crete | Vasiliki

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4250
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Vasiliki
Period Middle Minoan IB
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Shape: Tall, conical cup with slightly concave profile. Fabric: Fine, pink (5YR 7/4) clay with very dusky red (2.5YR 2.5/2) paint and decoration in added white (10YR 8/2) and added red (10R 5/6) paint. Decoration: Interior unpainted. Exterior painted, including resting surface. Added red paint: two wide, pendant concentric semicircular bands (or wavy lines?) on upper part of body; two wide horizontal bands on lower body. Added white paint: thin horizontal bands at bottom of body, with one thin band above and two thin bands below red horizontal bands; groups of three S's between both sets of red bands. Condition: lower part of vessel preserved.

Height 6.9 cm
Outside Diameter 4 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1906

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