Amphora
MS4130
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4130 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Late Minoan IIIA:2 | Late Minoan IIIB |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Squat oval-mouthed amphora with two handles and ridge at juncture of neck and shoulder. Fine, pink (5 YR 7/3) clay with a paler surface, with decoration in dusky red to black paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Upper part (mouth, neck and handles) painted solid; wide bands on shoulder and body. Intact, but cracked and chipped. Comments: LM IIIA: 2-IIIB. Dated by the quality of the fabric. |
| Height | 12 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
| Other Number | B23 - Other Number |
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