cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/27.10.1
Accession_Number | 27.10.1 |
Shape | Stirrup jar |
Shape_description | Shape A (BSA xlii, p.15). Neck and handles modern, undecorated. Body almost spherical, base flat. |
Material | Terracotta |
Fabric | Mycenaean |
Fabric_description | |
Munsell_color | 10YR 7/4 |
Decoration | Reddish-brown on pale buff ground. On shoulder, five groups of concentric arcs, three based on outer circumference, one sideways, one base towards neck. Eight black narrow band are nestled between two broad black bands. The pattern repeats itself on the body and base three times, with a variation after the first group where there are three reddish-brown narrow bands in the buff area. The base is buff, with an overlap of a broad black band. |
Inscriptions | |
Condition | Restored false neck and rejoined spout (with added clay around the join to the body), but otherwise intact. Black bands faded in places. Minor chips and scratches on the body and shoulder. The side with the spout has a crazed look (?). |
Technique/Style | Dark-on-light |
Provenance | |
Period | Late Helladic IIIA/B |
Date | |
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Comparanda | |
Bibliography | CVA Reading 1, pl. 1.12 |
Archive_Ref | reference 1 reference 2 |
Beazley_DB | |
Height | 19.0 |
Diameters | 17.0 |
Handle_height | 4.1 |
Other_dims. | H. spout 3.0; H. false neck 3.0; W. 9.4 |
Location | Timeline 1c bottom |
Edited_by | Karen; Amy; Kinsey |
Date_edited | 30.03.2004; 06.04.2005; 17.01.2006 |