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Bowl fragment
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Late Minoan III A (?) Period
Late Minoan III A (?), about 1350–1175 B.C.
Findspot: Greece, Crete, Mochlos
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
3.8 x 7 cm (1 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker
Accession Number09.810
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionRim fragment of a deep bowl. Ledge inside rim (for cover?). Buff clay and slip, brown paint. The surface divided into vertical panels; one is filled with "mountain" scale pattern, the points down, each filled with a dot; the panel frames are solid verticals flanked by fine "fringes"; the next is filled with vertical zigzag; the next by a hollow arc-form outlined by dots.
ProvenanceFrom Richard Seager's (?) Excavation at Mochlos, Crete.