Cup
MS4229
From: Greece | Crete | Sphoungaras
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4229 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Sphoungaras |
| Period | Middle Minoan IB | Middle Minoan III |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Shape: Conical cup with slightly convex profile, with one high, swinging, coil handle. Fabric: Coarse, reddish brown (5YR 5/3) to very dark gray (5YR 3/1) clay with sandy, partially micaceous tempering, uneven;y fired (apparently overfired in a reducing atmosphere). Self-slipped. Decoration: undecorated. Condition: Intact. |
| Height | 9.1 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 8.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1910 |
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