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Shoulder Sherd with Painted Decoration

Shoulder Sherd with Painted Decoration

Mycenaean

Shoulder sherd, lustrous, with horizontal bands of brown to red-brown paint on a yellowish-white slip. Fine, pinkish fabric. Interior slipped, open shape, wheel-made. Large chip on exterior, and some encrustation. Probably LHIIA from southern Laconia or Kythera.

Terracotta

Cycladic period, Late

Fragments