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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.60
Title
Straight-sided Three-handled Alabastron (Angular Squat Jar)
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1375-1300 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
Period
Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIA
Culture
Mycenaean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292845

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
9.5 x 12 cm (3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.44.60
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The sides are slightly concave and the bottom is slightly rounded. Short splaying collar neck with flaring rim. The handles join at the shoulder and have zonal U's around vessel body, but not under the handles. U's do not touch top or bottom lines. Concentric thick and thin bands around body and on base. Gray-pink clay with buff slip with red-range paint, chipped.

Verification Level

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