Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/48.12.1

Accession_Number

48.12.1

Shape

Bowl

Shape_description

Deep bowl; almost vertical sides; two rounded handles progress straight upwards from the middle of the body; slight groove before small foot; concave base

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Mycenaean

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 8/4

Decoration

Bowl of rather coarse clay. Interior glossed black, although only traces of brown remain. Two rounded handles, one on each side, with traces of faint brownish-black gloss. Outside, narrow bands immediately below rim and at base of handles. Between the handles is pair of parallel wavy lines (only on front). Black gloss from below handles to foot. Foot is rounded and base is concave and reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact but gloss very badly worn inside and out. Air bubble type holes, perhaps from firing.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Perhaps from Cyprus or Rhodes

Period

Late Helladic IIIC

Date

1100-1025

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.92.0247.jpg	Top view of (upside down) Mycenaean bowl, showing reserved base and underside of body with gloss worn away.
2003.92.0248.jpg	Top view of Mycenaean bowl, showing rim and interior.
2003.92.0249.jpg	Front view of Mycenaean bowl, showing remaining traces of patterns of wavy and straight lines.
2003.92.0250.jpg	Side view of Mycenaean bowl, showing handle and straight line decoration.
2003.92.0251.jpg	Back view of Mycenaean bowl, showing remainder of straight line decoration.
2003.92.0252.jpg	Side view of Mycenaean bowl, showing handle.
2003.92.0253.jpg	Oblique frontal view of Mycenaean bowl, showing remainder of wavy and straight lines.
2004.12.0001.jpg	Front view of two deep bowls (Mycenaean at left, 48.12.1, and Mycenaean at right, 48.12.2).
2004.12.0094.jpg	Front view of a Mycenaean bowl, showing remainder of wavy and straight line pattern.