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Accession_Number 50.12.30
Shape Cup
Shape_description Fragment of a cup
Material Terracotta
Fabric Mycenaean
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR 7/4
Decoration Interior largely unpainted with thin black painted line directly on rim and below it a wider band. Exterior has a small motif that appears to join the rim slightly to the left with a single line and becomes a small circle and then from the base of the circle a line becomes a series of tight curves alternating with tiny dots.
Inscriptions
Condition Single fragment; decoration in good condition, paint slightly faded on both sides.
Technique/Style
Provenance Picked up or purchased from children at Mycenae between 1907 and 1922
Period Late Bronze Age
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.98.0228.jpg
Bottom view of a Mycenaean cup fragment, showing small motif on exterior.

2003.98.0229.jpg
Top view of a Mycenaean cup fragment, showing small motif on exterior.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
Beazley_DB
Height
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. H. 3.2; W. 4.2
Location 7.2.2
Edited_by Helen
Date_edited 11.02.2003
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