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Bird's nest bowl

Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Early Minoan III-Middle Minoan II
about 2200–1750 B.C.
Findspot: Greece, Crete, Mochlos

Medium/Technique Calcite: limestone or marble from Cape Matapan (Mani) in the southern Peloponnesos
Dimensions Diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); diameter of opening: 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker
Accession Number09.598
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionBowl. Walls very thick. Repaired. Red-orange color.
ProvenanceIn 1909: sent by the Cretan Museum in return for donor's contribution (from Mochlos, Crete); recorded as gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker to MFA, December 29, 1909