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Accession_Number 14.9.29
Shape
Shape_description Fragment
Material Terracotta
Fabric Thessalian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 2.5YR 6/6
Decoration Pink surface with white slip on each side. Linear decoration in red. Outside is horizontally striped and inside is half red with half the surface with white diagonal stripes. The fragment is a middle piece as there are no finished edges.
Inscriptions
Condition Dark deposits on both sides. The white and the pink remain in good condition.
Technique/Style
Provenance Thessaly
Period Neolithic
Date 5300 - 4400
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2007.03.1267.jpg
Top view of a Thessalian fragment, showing the horizontal stripes on the exterior.

2007.03.1268.jpg
Top view of a Thessalian fragment, showing the white stripes on the interior.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 4.1
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. Length 3.7 Thickness 0.4
Location Timeline 1 top
Edited_by Denise; Kinsey
Date_edited 19 September 2002; 16.01.2006
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