Bowl

MS4101

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4101
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Late Minoan IB
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Kalathos-like bowl with flaring rim and molded base, with no handles. Coarse, pink (5YR 7/4) clay with a paler surface, with light, dark, and micaceous inclusion. Wiped with water. Restored from fragments. For the kalathos, a related shape, see 441. This shape has been discussed by Georgiou (1986: 30-31). It is common in Crete. Compare (among others) Sackett and Popham 1970: fig. 17, no. NP 105 (Palaikastro); Platon 1965: pl. 237B (Kato Zakros). Narrow foot with molded ring encircling base, flaring walls, wide mouth; coarse light buff clay; mended.

Height 8.5 cm
Outside Diameter 16.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904
Other Number 63a - Other Number

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