Base Sherd

Jug (uncertain)

MS4637.32

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4637.32
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Base from a closed vessel, probably a jug. Fine, pink (7.5 YR 7-8/4) clay, with decoration in brown to black paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Interior unpainted. Bands on lower body. Comments: LM I (?). Jugs with bands on lower body are common in LM I and later periods.

Height 6.4 cm
Length 4.7 cm
Width 0.3 cm
Outside Diameter 5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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