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Object type
Amphoroid krater |
Tomb No (findspot)
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Ware
Mycenaean style
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Chronology
1375-1300 B.C.
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Dimensions
Height:
20.7cm
Diameter:
15.6cm (rim)
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Bibliography
Åström 1972, 312
CVA 1, 18, pl. 16.3
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Preservation
Intact but rim and base are chipped. |
Fabric Description
Medium hard, fine buff fabric with fine and medium dark brown and white inclusions and a slightly lustrous slip.
Description
Flat rim, piriform body, torus disc base.
Decoration
Decorated in reddish brown paint with groups of vertical transverse strokes on the rim; the interior rim, collar and foot are painted solid; the shoulder zone is decorated with a sacral ivy motif and three parallel bands below. The handles are decorated with two vertical parallel strokes, one on each side. Two vertical small holes on the upper and lower part of the handles.
Comments
Large Cypro-Minoan sign is painted on the interior.
