Lid

MS4268

From: Greece | Crete | Pseira

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4268
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Pseira
Period Middle Minoan I | Middle Minoan III
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Shape: Flat, slightly concave lid with central knob. Fabric: Fine, pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay with reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) to dark reddish brown (2YR 2.5/2) paint and decoration in added white (10YR 8/2) paint. Decoration: Dark paint over upper side. Two sets of lines in added white across upper surface. Underside unpainted. Condition: Minor repair and one fragment missing, otherwise intact.

Height 2.1 cm
Outside Diameter 8.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1908

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