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Pithoid jar or jug
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Late Minoan I B Period
Late Minoan I B, about 1500–1450 B.C.
Findspot: Greece, Crete, Mochlos
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
6.9 x 6 cm (2 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker
Accession Number09.807
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionSmall pithoid jar or jug. Wall fragment just below ridged neck. Red buff clay, yellow chestnut paint. Neck banded; irregular pendent wave pattern hanging from it; below, upper parts of two double axe blades, sharply pointed.
ProvenanceFrom Richard Seager's Excavation at Mochlos, Crete.