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MS4793.4
From: Greece | Crete | Vrokastro
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4793.4 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cretan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Vrokastro |
| Period | Protogeometric Period |
| Date Made | 840-810 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Wall fragment of large bell krater. Interior unglazed. Exterior reserved with decoration in medium brown glaze. Area at left undecorated. In middle: 3 parallel vertical lines. Then, left to right: parts of 2 solid diamonds; 3 vertical parallel lines; parts of 2 elements of a rectilinear design, probably checkerboard. Very hard, light brown clay. Identification by Nicolas Coldstream on visit 8Apr82. |
| Length | 11 cm |
| Thickness | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912 |
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