Rim Sherd
| Object Number: | MS4637.11 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Minoan |
| Provenience: | Greece Crete Gournia |
| Period: | Late Minoan IA |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Height: | 3.2 cm |
| Length: | 4.7 cm |
| Thickness: | 0.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
Description
[Joint Betancourt entry with joining piece MS 4637.110] Two joining rim-sherds from a closed vessel. Fine, light red (2.5YR 6/6) clay with a pink slip, with decoration in red to black paint. Burnished. Band on rim, inside and out. Lobes flanked by curved lines. for a discussion of the motif see Niemeier 1980: 40-41. Shape generally similar to 628 (MS 4637.6). Bibliography: Silverman 1978 a: 70, no. 180, 74-75, nos. 195-196, and pl. 12e, nos. 3-4.
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Collection] Silverman, Jean S., and Betancourt, Philip P. 1991. Pottery from Gournia:The Cretan Collection in the University Museum, The University of Pennsylvania.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 64, no. 629, pl. 26, fig. 26 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
You may also be interested in these objects:
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.