Sherd
Amphora
MS4617.34
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4617.34 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Middle Minoan I | Middle Minoan II | Middle Minoan III |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Upper part of an amphora; circular mouth; two handles. Fine, pink (7.5 YR 6-7/4) clay with a paler surface, with decoration in dark brown to black paint. Wiped with water. Handmade. Neck and upper part of body painted, from dripping, with, wiht drips on body. Surface eroded. Comments: MM I-III. Marked "ghem B," in Greek. From Deposit B. For comments on the Middle Minoan Dark-on-light Style see MS4638.1. |
| Height | 6.89 cm |
| Length | 11.3 cm |
| Width | 5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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