Base Sherd

Cup

MS4637.28

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4637.28
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Base-sherd from a cup. Fine, light reddish brown (2.5 YR 6-7/4) clay with a paler surface, with decoration in red to black paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Interior painted. Grass or reed (FM 16) above a band at the base. For the motif see 4637.8.

Height 3.8 cm
Length 5.7 cm
Width 0.4 cm
Outside Diameter 3.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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