Kalathos

MS4601I

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4601I
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Middle Minoan III | Late Minoan IA
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Miniature kalathos with concave profile, flat rim, and two small handles beneath the rim. Fine, pink (7.5 YR 7-8/4) clay, covered with black paint, with decoration in added white paint. Wheelmade. Completely dark painted. Added white: traces. Intact except for one handle; surface eroded. Comments: MMIII-LMIA. A miniature version of the late Middle Minoan to Late Minoan I kalathos. See 441 (MS4606).

Height 1.45 cm
Length 4 cm
Width 0.4 cm
Outside Diameter 4 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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