Cup

MS4481

From: Greece | Crete | Pseira

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4481
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Pseira
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Shape: Conical cup with slightly convex profile, with one (strap?) handle. Fabric: Fine, pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay with decoration in light red (2.5YR 6/6) to reddish black (10R 2.5/1) paint and added red (poorly preserved) paint. Self-slipped. Decoration: Interior painted. Foliate band (FM 64) on exterior, with one band above and three below. Added red paint: traces visible between bands on lower body. Resting surface unpainted. Condition: Restored from fragments. Many sherds missing, including most of handle.

Height 10 cm
Outside Diameter 14.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1908

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