Cup
MS4482
From: Greece | Crete | Priniatiko Pyrgos
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4482 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Priniatiko Pyrgos |
| Period | Middle Minoan III | Late Minoan IA |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Shape: Conical cup with slightly concave profile, with one strap handle (Vapheio cup). Fabric: Fine, pink (7.5YR 7/4) clay with decoration in lustrous red (2.5YR 4/6) to black (10R 2.5/1) paint and added white (no longer preserved) paint. Self-slipped. Decoration: Interior, lower part of body, and resting surface painted. Ripple pattern on upper part of body; four bands in added white paint on lower part of body. Condition: Restored from fragments. Some sherds missing. Handle missing. |
| Height | 8.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 10.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912 |
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