Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/54.2.2

Accession_Number

54.2.2

Shape

Jug

Shape_description

Everted lip; thin, tapering neck; strap handle curves down from rim to spherical, bulbous body; slightly raised flat foot.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Mycenaean

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 7/4

Decoration

Reserved except for thin red band at rim, thick red band at neck, and medium red band at shoulder with thin streaky bands below it, level to the bottom of the handle. In between the bands there seems to be a pale white wash (?). The external face of the handle is also painted red with a small tail-like extension of paint.

Inscriptions

Condition

There has been restoration - neck and top part of handle reattached. Rim is chipped.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Period

Late Helladic III

Date

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.67.0005.jpg	Right side view of a Mycenaean jug, showing band decoration on the body.
2003.92.0105.jpg	Left side view of a Mycenaean jug, showing band decoration on body.
2003.92.0106.jpg	Back view of a Mycenaean jug, showing handle with 'tail' of extra paint.
2003.92.0107.jpg	Right side view of a Mycenaean jug, showing band decoration on body.
2003.92.0108.jpg	Front view of a Mycenaean jug, showing band decoration on body.
2003.92.0109.jpg	Bottom view of a Mycenaean jug, showing the flat reserved base.
2003.92.0110.jpg	Top view of a Mycenaean jug, showing rim, top of handle and interior.
2003.92.0111.jpg	Oblique side view of a Mycenaean jug, showing the handle and the decoration on the body.
2008.98.0324.jpg	Oblique top view of the left side of a Mycenaean jug with banded decoration.
2008.98.0325.jpg	Left profile view of a Mycenaean jug with banded decoration, showing the handle, to left.
2008.98.0326.jpg	Back view of a Mycenaean jug with banded decoration, showing the handle.
2008.98.0327.jpg	Right profile view of a Mycenaean jug with banded decoration, showing the handle, to right.
2008.98.0328.jpg	Front view of a Mycenaean jug with banded decoration.
2008.98.0329.jpg	Top view of a Mycenaean jug with banded decoration, showing the mouth and handle.
2008.98.0330.jpg	Bottom view of a Mycenaean jug, showing the reserved underside.