Body Sherd

MS4637.51

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4637.51
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Body-sherd from a closed vessel. Fine, pink (5YR 7/4) clay with a paler surface, with decoration in brown to black paint and added white paint. Wiped with water and probably burnished. Interior unpainted. Running spirals above a band. Added white: band on the dark band. A common motif.

Height 3 cm
Length 5.3 cm
Width 0.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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