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Accession_Number 50.12.41
Shape Jar
Shape_description A slightly curved fragment of a large jar.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Mycenaean
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 2.5Y 6/3
Decoration Interior: glazed black; exterior: part of a spiral motif, black faded to (or fired) brown.
Inscriptions
Condition Interior chipped and worn away.
Technique/Style
Provenance Picked up or purchased from children at Mycenae between 1907 and 1914
Period Late Bronze Age
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.98.0218.jpg
Bottom view of a Mycenaean jar fragment, showing the interior.

2003.98.0219.jpg
Top view of a Mycenaean jar fragment, showing the exterior with part of a spiral motif on it.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
Beazley_DB
Height 4.4
Diameters 2.4
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 7.2.2
Edited_by Karen; Joana Varela
Date_edited 30.03.2004; 20.04.2017
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