Sherd
MS4638.5
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4638.5 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Middle Minoan I | Middle Minoan III |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Body-sherd from a closed vessel. Medium textured, strong brown (7.5 YR 5/6) clay, with decoration in dark reddish brown to black paint. Handmade. Wiped with water. Decoration not identifiable. Comments: MM I-III. For comments on the Middle Minoan Dark-on-light Styel see MS4638.1. The interior of the sherd is covered with an incrustation of ancient plaster-like material, broken away at one corner to reveal a layer of red below. Perhaps this is the remains of the contents of the jar. |
| Height | 13 cm |
| Length | 13 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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