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Body Sherd of Closed Vesse with Painted Decoration.  Imported Mycenaean.

Body Sherd of Closed Vesse with Painted Decoration. Imported Mycenaean.

Mycenaean

Body sherd of closed vessel, such as a piriform jar. Buff slip on grey fabric with 2 thick bands of orange-red paint, and part of a spiral intersecting the top band. The paint has faded, and is discolored to a grey-brown on the right portion of the sherd. Large chips and scratches. Voids, pits and a few large in fabric. Imported Mycenaean. LHIIA.

Terracotta

Cycladic period, Late

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