Cup
MS4486
From: Greece | Crete | Priniatiko Pyrgos
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4486 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Priniatiko Pyrgos |
| Period | Late Minoan IA |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Shape: Semi-globular cup with ogival profile, with on handle (now missing). Fabric: Fine, pink (7.5YR 8/4) clay with reddish brown (5YR 5/3) to black (5YR 2.5/1) paint and decoration in added white (2.5Y 8/2) paint. Decoration: Painted, inside and out, including resting surface. Added white paint: band at inside of rim; frieze of running spirals on exterior, with one band above and two below. Four incised lines below frieze. Condition: Restored from fragments. Handle and several sherds missing. |
| Height | 7.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912 |
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