Rim Sherd
Bowl
Basin (Vessel)
MS4700.7
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4700.7 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Middle Minoan II | Middle Minoan III |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Handmade |
| Description | Rim-sherd from a bowl or basin with nearly straight profile and thickened rim. Medium textured, unevenly colored reddish yellow (7.5 YR 7/6) clay with light and dark inclusions, covered with black paint, with decoration in added white paint. Handmade. Dark painted on inside of rim and on exterior. Added white: dots and crescents between thin diagonal lines, with foliate band below. Surface eroded. Comments: MM II-III, based on the form of the foliate band (Wahlberg 1976: Motif 25, no IV). For the dots see Wahlberg 1983: Motif 20, nos. 8, 12, and 13. Compare MS4700.5, from the same or generally similar vessel. |
| Height | 8.1 cm |
| Length | 9 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 36 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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