cup

Object Number

SMP18097

Name

cup

Description

Base fragment of a pottery vessel

ring shape (in section)

ring with moulded profile (only outside rim of ring touches surface)

cylindrical vessel foot

c. 1cm high

body rising at low angle from base/foot. Coldstream (1999) classifies shape as stemless cup. Traces of abrasion on base but esp. part of inner base. wheel-made

fine fabric. Smoothened surfaces

body

base (except for moulded profile of base ring)

and vessel interior covered in shiny black slip

impressed patter (four symmetrically-arranged palmettes) impressed in centre of vessel interior.

Specimen Count

1

Preservation State

Fragment

Collection Date From

1951

Department

Knossos

Collection

Stratigraphical Museum

Other IDs

SMP19083

2067

EMu IRN

164411