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Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Early Minoan III–Middle Minoan I
Findspot: Greece, Crete, Mochlos

Medium/Technique Ceramic
Dimensions 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker
Accession Number09.691
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionRim fragment of rounded cup. Buff ware with dull black slip, red spot from firing and buff and red paint. Sharp pointed rim with red band below lip on interior. Two buff diagonal bands on exterior crossing four buff horizontal bands. A connecting "S" pattern is framed by the four horizontal bands, two above and two below. Pencil markings on interior, "BSA p. IV, MMI"
ProvenanceFrom Richard Seager's Excavation at Mochlos, Crete.