Cup
MS4235
From: Greece | Crete | Pseira
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4235 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Pseira |
| Period | Middle Minoan IA |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Shape: Cup with convex profile, with one strap handle. Fabric: Fine, reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) clay with mottled red (10R 4/6) to black (N2.5/ ) paint and decoration in added white (10YR 8/2) paint. Decoration09:42 Band inside rim. Exterior painted except for center of handle. Added white paint: short diagonal lines insidelip; lines on top of handle; three thin bands on exterior below lip; three sets of triple plumes and one set of quadruple plumes on body; horizontal band on lower part of body. Resting surface unpainted. Condition: Restored from fragments. Some sherds missing. |
| Height | 6.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1908 |
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