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Accession_Number REDMG:1953.25.72
Shape Conical cup; saltcellar
Shape_description Round uneven rim, lopsided diagonal walls, and a flat base; rough and bumpy on interior of bowl and base.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Minoan
Fabric_description Coarse pinkish-buff fabric
Munsell_color 10YR 7/4
Decoration Unglazed
Inscriptions
Condition Grey and white deposits all over.
Technique/Style
Provenance From Knossos
Period Middle Minoan III
Date 1700-1600
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Bottom view of a Minoan conical cup, showing the flat base.

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Top view of a Minoan conical cup, showing the rim and interior of the bowl.

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Front view of a Minoan conical cup, showing the uneven sides.

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Side view of a Minoan conical cup, showing the uneven sides.

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Oblique view, from above, of a Minoan conical cup, showing the rim and interior of the bowl.

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Oblique view, from above, of a Minoan conical cup, showing the rim and interior of the bowl.

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Side view of a Minoan conical cup, showing the uneven sides..

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Front view of a Minoan cup.

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Side view of a Minoan conical cup, showing the uneven sides.

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Oblique view of a Minoan conical cup, showing interior.

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Beazley_DB
Height 4.8
Diameters Rim 8.1, base 4.1
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 2.1.1
Edited_by Jessica; Amy; Jayne
Date_edited 19.06.2003; 10.07.200423.03.22
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