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Squat Globular Stirrup Jar

Squat Globular Stirrup Jar

Mycenaean

Handles are painted red, with reserved triangles. The top disc has concentric circles and large dot in the center. There are bands of paint link the spout with the false spout. 2 thick concentric bands frame 3 thinner ones on shouler and belly. Hollowed bottom. Red-brown clay, slipped, with red paint. Some of surface is pitted and slip is chipped.

Terracotta

Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIC

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