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Accession_Number 57.3.4
Shape Fragment
Shape_description Flat piece, perhaps from the shoulder of a closed vase.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Mycenaean
Fabric_description Fine pale fabric.
Munsell_color 7.5YR 8/2
Decoration Decorated with white slip reddish-brown paint. Row of dots between narrow and broad horizontal band. Most of the fragment is taken up with three radiating lines, crossed with small bars. Below this is a broad curved line. The underside is reserved and the clay is ribbed.
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Condition Paint on outer surface in very good condition with only a small area fading to red and small cracks appearing in surface. Not a clean fracture.
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Top view of a Mycenaean fragment, showing the painted decoration.

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Top view of a Mycenaean fragment, showing the painted decoration.

2007.03.1252.jpg
Top view of a Mycenaean fragment, showing the ribbed reverse.
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Height 7.7
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Other_dims. L. 7.0; th. 0.6
Location Timeline 1 top
Edited_by Denise; Kinsey
Date_edited 20.09.2002; 16.01.2006
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