Cup
MS4605F
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4605F |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
| Period | Middle Minoan III |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Bell cup; ribbon handle. Fine clay, not visible beneath dark brown (7.5 YR 4/4) to darker paint, with decoration in added white paint. Completely painted, including bottom of base. Added white: bands below rim, on body, and on lower body. Restored from fragments; some sherds missing. Comments: MM III. Marked "B44" on bottom of base. From House B, room 44. For the shape (Walberg 1983: type 223) compare Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 2, no. 16 (Gournia); Chapouthier and Demargne 1962: pl. 41, no. 8625 (Mallia). |
| Height | 7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 2.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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