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Body Sherd Of Large, Closed Vessel, (Piriform Jar)  with Painted Decoration

Body Sherd Of Large, Closed Vessel, (Piriform Jar) with Painted Decoration

Mycenaean

Body sherd from large, closed vessel, probably a piriform jar. Streaky orange-red to brown paint cream slip. Two large, thinly-painted linked spirals, with another stem. The stem and thicker band linking the spirals has fine white paint atop the darker brown. Lustrous, though some chips and scratches. Fine, red-orange fabric with some inclusions, wheel-made. Imported Mycenaean. LHIIIA1 (c. 1400-1375 BCE). Joins with 1977.216.1792.5.

Terracotta

Cycladic period, Late

Fragments