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Object type
Bell krater |
Tomb No (findspot)
Unknown
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Ware
Mycenaean style
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Chronology
1300-1200 B.C.
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Dimensions
Height:
18.8cm (pres. Ht.)
Width:
32cm (max)
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Bibliography
CVA 1, 13, pl. 12.5
Ǻström 1972, 374
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Preservation
Fragmentary |
Part
Rim and body parts
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Fabric Description
Brown to reddish fabric with small dense dark and white inclusions, buff slip and dark brown paint.
Description
Rim and body fragments with horizontal handle. Flat rim.
Decoration
Rim painted solid. Decorated with a possible hunting scene on the handle zone consisting of a human figure in the centre wearing a robe reaching to the knees and filled in with a scale pattern. He is holding the tail of a galloping animal to his right. Behind the human figure there is another galloping animal drawn in outline.The scene is framed with a thick band of paint below and a narrow reserved line in its centre.
