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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Greek; Minoan
Title:Handle sherd
Date Made:Stone Age or Bronze Age; Neolithic Period or Early Minoan Period; 3300-2800 BCE
Type:Ceramic
Materials:Ceramic; earthenware
Place Made:Europe; Greece; Crete
Measurements:Overall: 3 1/2 in x 4 in x 1 1/4 in; 8.9 cm x 10.2 cm x 3.2 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1911.3e.B.AI
Credit Line:Gift of Edith H. Hall
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Fragment of bowl with incurving profile, including a vertically perforated lug handle. Bottom of lug is deeply scored, perhaps to allow for string knot or wooden piece attached to string to prevent slippage. Exterior is burnished.
Provenience: Greece, Crete, Knossos

Tags:
pottery; ancient; archaeology

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