slab

Object Number

SMS1851

Name

slab

Description

Laminar slabs and chunk

fractured at sides. Gypsum (?selenite)

cream to pale brown. Have a natural layered structure (along which they split)

and striated appearance reminiscent of scratches (but natural). The chunk does look to have experienced some abrasive working

lending a rounded profile at an edge.

Preservation State

Fragment

Collection Date From

1935

Department

Knossos

Collection

Stratigraphical Museum

Other IDs

S62

EMu IRN

51268