Cup
MS4602K
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4602K |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Middle Minoan IB | Middle Minoan II |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Carinated cup of standard form but with pinched-in spout opposite the handle. Medium textured, reddish yellow (5 YR 7/6) clay with light and dark inclusions. Wiped with water. Undecorated. Restored from fragments; some sherds missing. Shape like MS4602H. Marked "782a" on plaster restoration. A common shape in MM IB-II. Unpainted examples from Gournia include Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 6, no. 23 (from F29), pl. 2, nos. 10 (no context given) and 11 (from A 40). |
| Height | 6.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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