Alabastron
MS4284
From: Greece | Crete | Pseira
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4284 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Pseira |
| Period | Late Minoan IB |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Shape: Squat alabastron with one high strap handle and rounded bottom. Fabric: Fine, pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay with decoration in light red (2.5YR 6/8) to dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) paint. Self-slipped. Decoration: Interior of mouth painted. Rim painted. Frieze of cross-hatched petaloid loops (see FM 63) on shoulder zone with broad band above narrow band below. Bottom of vessel unpainted. Condition: Handle and minor chips missing. Paint eroded, especially on one side. |
| Height | 5.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 8.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1908 |
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