Body Sherd
MS4700.5
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4700.5 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Middle Minoan II | Middle Minoan III |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Handmade |
| Description | Body-sherd form a closed shape. Medium textured, unevenly colored light brown (7.5 YR 5-6/4) clay, with light and dark inclusions, covered with black paint, with decoration in added white paint. Handmade. Painted on exterior. Added white: dots and foliate ornament. Compare MS4700.7, from the same or a generally similar vessel. |
| Height | 4.9 cm |
| Length | 6.3 cm |
| Width | 0.55 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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