Cup
MS4605G
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4605G |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Middle Minoan II |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Semiglobular cup: sharply everted rim; flattened handle joined to the inside of the rim and body; concentric string marks. Fine, reddish yello (7.5 YR 8/6) clay, redder at the core, with a paler surface, covered with reddish black paint, including bottom of base. Added paint not preserved. Intact except for minor chipping; surface eroded in places. Comments: MM II. The sharply everted rim suggests MM II. Compare Levi 1976: pl. 125, nos. g, k, and m (Phaistos). |
| Height | 6.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 9.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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