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Object type
Alabastron |
Tomb No (findspot)
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Ware
Mycenaean style
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Chronology
1375-1300 B.C.
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Dimensions
Height:
8.7cm
Diameter:
6.1cm (rim)
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Bibliography
Åström 1972, 322
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Preservation
Rim partly missing. |
Fabric Description
Hard buff fabric, sparse brown inclusions.
Description
Squat, angular, tilting to one side. Carinated rim, short concave neck, carination on shoulder, wide slightly convex base, horizontal handles on carination.
Decoration
Decorated with wide parallel bands on neck, shoulder and carination, thinner multiple concentric bands on base, in faded reddish to dark brown paint.
Comments
A Cypro-Minoan sign is painted on either side, below the handles and another on the base.
