Rim Sherd

MS4617.24

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4617.24
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Middle Minoan II
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Rim-sherd with handle from a carinated cup. Fine, reddish brown (2.5 YR 5/4) clay with a paler surface, covered with unevenly colored black paint. Wiped with water. Covered with black paint on interior, with handle reserved. No added paint preserved; surface eroded. Comments: MM II. Marked "ghem," in Greek. From Deposit B.

Height 5.4 cm
Length 3.7 cm
Width 3.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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