Rim Sherd
Jar
| Object Number: | MS4615.3 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Minoan |
| Provenience: | Greece Crete Gournia |
| Locus: | N Trench |
| Period: | Early Minoan III |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Technique: | White-on-Dark Ware |
| Height: | 5.1 cm |
| Length: | 10.6 cm |
| Width: | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
Description
Rim sherd with spout from a bridge-spouted jar. Medium textured, brown (7.5 YR 5/2) clay with light and dark inclusions, covered with black paint, with decoration in added white paint. Dark paint on rim and exterior. Added white: groups of short vertical lines on rim; circles (or running spirals?) with multiple connecting lines. East Cretan White-on-dark Ware. Compare MS4615.2.
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. 9, no. 328, pl. 2, fig. 2 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Thesis] Silverman, Jean S. 1978. The Gournia Collection in the University Museum: A Study in East Cretan Pottery. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 24, no. 33, fig. 3, no. 19, pl. 2a, no. 10 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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