Body Sherd
MS4617.17
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS4617.17 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Minoan |
Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
Period | Early Minoan III |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | White-on-Dark Ware |
Description | Body-sherd from a closed vessel. Fine, very pale brown (10 YR 7/4) clay, covered with black paint, with decoration in added white (10 YR 8/2-3) paint. Handmade. Painted on exterior. Added white: portion of multiple connecting lines and band. Comments: EM III. Marked "ghem B", in Greek. From Deposit B. East Cretan White-on-dark Ware. Possibly a jug? Compare no. MS4615.41. |
Height | 5 cm |
Length | 4.5 cm |
Width | 0.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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