Object type
Amphoroid krater |
Tomb No (findspot)
Unknown
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Ware
Mycenaean styleLower part and handles missing
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Chronology
1375-1300 B.C.
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Dimensions
Height:
23cm (pres. Ht.)
Diameter:
29.5cm (rim)
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Bibliography
CVA 1, 6, pl. 6.3
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Preservation
Fragmentary |
Part
Lower part and handles missing
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Fabric Description
Hard, greenish buff fabric with small dense inclusions, buff lustrous slip.
Description
Flat, out-turning rim, short concave neck and two vertical hndles from rim to shulder.
Decoration
Decorated with short parallel strkes on the rim, , solid paint on the neck and possibly handles; the shoulder zone is decorated with a partly preserved pictorial scene , consisting of chariot scenes. Two horses are facing left, followed by a series of stylised flowers and a human figure facing left. On the other side two human figures are standing within a chariot, facing left again, wearing dotted robes. Next to it there arestylised flowers and the back of a horse, in dark brown paint.