Base Sherd

MS4617.33

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4617.33
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan IB
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Base-sherd from a stemmed cup like MS4169, with a hole in the base. Fine, pink (7.5 YR 7/4) clay, with decoration in dark (poorly preserved) paint. Wiped with water (and burnished?). Bottom of vessel painted. Comments: LM IB. Marked "ghem B", in Greek. From Deposit B. For the shape see MS 4169.

Height 3.4 cm
Length 6.2 cm
Width 2.4 cm
Outside Diameter 6.25 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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