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Object type
Bell krater |
Tomb No (findspot)
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Ware
Mycenaean style
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Chronology
1300-1200 B.C.
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Dimensions
Height:
31cm (pres. Ht.)
Diameter:
34.2cm (rim)
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Bibliography
CVA 1, 4, pl. 4.4
Åström 1972, 318,370
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Preservation
Partly completed from fragments |
Part
Rim and body
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Fabric Description
Soft buff fabric, buff slip and reddish brown fading paint.
Description
Outward sloping rim, almost biconical body, horizontal handles on shoulder, only one preserved. Perforations on either side of handle.
Decoration
The rim and upper part is painted solid. The handle zone is decorated with a large bull striding to the right, rendered in outline and filled in with a T-pattern at the front, dotted circles, a rock pattern in the centre part of the body and a repeated T-pattern on the hind part; broad parallel bands below.
Comments
Published as 2026b, in CVA 1, pl. 4.4.
