Cup

MS4273

From: Greece | Crete | Pseira

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4273
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Pseira
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Shape: Conical cup, with one strap handle. Fabric: Fine, pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay with decoration in light red (3.5YR 6/6) to red (2.5YR 4/6) paint. Self-slipped. Decoration: Interior painted. Outside of handle painted. Foliated band (FM 64) on exterior, with one band above and two below. Resting surface unpainted. Condition: Restored from fragments. Some sherds missing, including most of handle. Surface somewhat eroded.

Height 6.8 cm
Outside Diameter 9.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1908

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