Cup
MS4231
From: Greece | Crete | Vasiliki
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4231 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Vasiliki |
| Period | Middle Minoan IA |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Shape: Carinated cup with cylindrical upper section and conical lower section, with one strap handle. Fabric: fine, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) clay with very dark gray (N3/ ) paint and decoration in added white (10YR 8/2) paint. Decoration: Painted, inside and out, including resting surface. Strip under handle unpainted. Added white paint: three horizontal bands on body; bands on top of handle. Condition: Restored from fragments; some sherds missing, including most of handle. |
| Height | 5.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1906 |
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