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Straight-sided Three-handled Alabastron (Angular Squat Jar)

Straight-sided Three-handled Alabastron (Angular Squat Jar)

Mycenaean

The sides are slightly concave and the bottom is slightly rounded. Short splaying collar neck with flaring rim. The handles join at the shoulder and have zonal U's around vessel body, but not under the handles. U's do not touch top or bottom lines. Concentric thick and thin bands around body and on base. Gray-pink clay with buff slip with red-range paint, chipped.

Terracotta

Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIA

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