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Accession_Number 14.9.24
Shape
Shape_description Fragment
Material Terracotta
Fabric Thessalian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 2.5YR 6/4
Decoration Pink with white slip on both sides. Thick wavy stripes on both sides which have points and almost look like very close zigzag.Bands of red are uneven and irregular as they were drawn by hand. One finished edge which is thinner, denoting a rim.
Inscriptions
Condition Colour in good condition and the surface has no significant deposit or damage.
Technique/Style
Provenance Lianokladi, Thessaly
Period Neolithic
Date 5300 - 4400
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2007.03.1269.jpg
Top view of a Thessalian fragment, showing the wavy stripes.

2007.03.1270.jpg
Top view of a Thessalian fragment, showing the wavy stripes.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 3.7
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. Length 3.4 Thickness 0.5
Location Timeline 1 top
Edited_by Denise; Kinsey
Date_edited 19 September 2002; 16.01.2006
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