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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.128
Title
Bottle or Alabastron
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
2nd millennium BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Period
Bronze Age, Late
Culture
Mycenaean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/289944

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
12 x 5 cm (4 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Stuart C. Welch
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
1966.128
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Orange clay with faded black decoration. Flat bottom - body tapers slightly upward to a narrow neck and flared lip. Two pinched handles with string holes on shoulder. Most of lip is chipped off. Decoration is two courses of alternating cross hatch areas and blank areas, all bounded by horizontal stripes.

Verification Level

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