1977.216.326.5: Body Sherd Of Stirrup Jar With Painted Decoration
Fragments
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.216.326.5
- Title
- Body Sherd Of Stirrup Jar With Painted Decoration
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Date
- 15th-14th century BCE
- Places
- Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Mycenae (Argolis)
- Period
- Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIA
- Culture
- Mycenaean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/328718
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- H. 3.7 W. 3.9 Th. 0.4
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Transferred from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection. From the site of Mycenae in the Argolid.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.216.326.5
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Probably from a stirrup jar. Black on cream. Extremely thick (1.9 cm) band of paint with a thinner band above and below. Paint cracking and chipped. Pinkish fabric. Lower right in image.
Verification Level
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