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Accession_Number 14.9.32
Shape
Shape_description Fragment
Material Terracotta
Fabric Minoan
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 6/4
Decoration Fragment with part of handle, probably belonging to a large vase. Interior is coarse and coloured red although undecorated. The exterior surface has a design of dull black with bands of white. There is a heavy white band round base of handle. Handle round in section. Surfaces are most uneven.
Inscriptions
Condition White deposits all over fragment. Black paint fading to red at the edges.
Technique/Style
Provenance Palaikastro, Crete
Period Middle Minoan III
Date 1700-1550
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2007.03.1238.jpg
Oblique view of the esterior of a pot's fragment, showing part of the handle.

2007.03.1239.jpg
Oblique view of the interior of a pot's fragment.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 10.6
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. Length 10.4 Thickness 6.0
Location Timeline 1 top
Edited_by Denise; Kinsey
Date_edited 19 September 2002; 16.01.2006
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