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Object Number 35-100-40/3482
Display Title Pottery handle fragment; potsherd
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic handle sherds, black on grey stripes/red, black on buff stripes
Classification
  • Sherd
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Geometric
  • Early Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Greece / Cyclades / Melos
Intrasite Surface - on the slopes of the westerly acropolis
Additional Geographic Terms Plaka; Bay of Melos, east shore of
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 4.5 x 4.2 x 2 cm (1 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 35-100-40/3482

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