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Three fragments of cup
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Late Minoan I A Period
Late Minoan I A, about 1550 B.C.
Findspot: Greece, Crete, Mochlos
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker
Accession Number09.777a-c
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThree fragments of a large tall cup. Two rim fragments; fine thin highswung ribbon handle. Straight profile above, rounded below. Buff clay, red-orange paint. Handle has two painted bands at side; underside of handle unpainted. Glazed inside (on one sherd this is worn off); outside, band at rim, and one (?) row of thick-rimmed spirals with double spiral vertical as connector, the inner line of the spiral center forks like a small leaf. The centers of the main spirals may be solid.
ProvenanceFrom Richard Seager's Excavation at Mochlos, Crete.