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Object type
Pithoid jar |
Tomb No (findspot)
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Ware
Mycenaean style
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Chronology
1400-1375 B.C.
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Dimensions
Height:
14.5cm
Diameter:
8.4cm (rim)
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Bibliography
CVA 1, 19, pl. 17.3
Åström 1972, 293
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Preservation
Rim partly damaged. |
Fabric Description
Hard greenish buff fabric with dense fine inclusions and lime spalling on the surface.
Description
Short cylindrical neck, ridge at base of neck, splaying foot, three small horizontal rounded handles on shoulder.
Decoration
Decorated with a ridge at base of neck in low relief, a frieze of dots on the rim and base of neck, solid paint on neck, inside and outside, handles and lower body. The shoulder zone is decorated with seven multiple stem and tongue motifs, an oblique wavy line above each group of stems. Between the stems there are short vertical strokes, encircling horizontal bands on the body in fading dark brown lustrous paint.
