Larnax
Sherd
MS4668.17
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4668.17 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Geometric Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Fragments of larnax and lid. Not mendable, incomplete. Coarse buff clay with faint traces of design in black paint: outer edge rim has short vertical lines, paneled sides have "papyrus" (Cf. Furumark MP p. 265 #66) or single "bivalve shells" (p. 314 #17) and parallel "chevrons" (p. 383 #58). One small vertical handle remains. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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