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MS4215
From: Greece | Crete | Sphoungaras
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4215 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Sphoungaras |
| Period | Early Minoan IIB |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Shape: Small, globular jar on short-stemmed foot with bridged spout and one vertical coil (?) handle at right angle to the spout. Fabric: Fine, pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay with decoration in mottled (poorly preserved) dark paint. Decoration: Vasilike ware. Interior and underneath of base unpainted. The decoration is applied in a deliberate pattern. Tongues of dark color depend every nintey degrees aligned with the spout, with dark patches between them. Condition: Handle missing. Surface badly erroded. |
| Height | 7.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1910 |
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