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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.1794.1
Title
Egg-shell Thin Karmares Ware Body Sherd.
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete, Knossos (Crete)
Period
Minoan period, Middle
Culture
Minoan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/287073

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
H. 2.7 W. 3.9 Th. 0.1

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Transferred from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Loaned from George H. Browne, Esq. From the site of Knossos on Crete.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Loan from George H. Browne
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.1794.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Unpainted egg-shell thin fragment of an open vessel. Kamares ware. Dark black-brown slip on fine, buff clay. A few splotches of thick white paint remain, but no motif is discernable. MMIIA-B

Verification Level

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