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Jar fragment
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
Dimensions
5.5 x 7.2 cm (2 3/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker
Accession Number09.792
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionJar fragment. Tall ovoid lower body piece. Thick coarse pink white clay, white slip, pale brown paint. Three bending verticals, the outer ones thin and darker brown, the center one triple width and paler brown. Plant stalks? (Probably not octopus tentacles).
ProvenanceFrom Richard Seager's Excavation at Mochlos, Crete.