- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1977.216.3432.1
- Title
- Body Sherd Of Jar With Painted Decoration
- Classification
- Fragments
- Work Type
- sherd
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Greece
- Period
- Helladic period, Late Helladic IIA
- Culture
- Mycenaean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/328880
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Wheel-made
- Dimensions
- H. 6.5 W. 9.4 Th. 0.5-0.9
- Provenance
- Gift of Dr. J. B. Munn to the Department of the Classics.
Transfer from the Department of the Classics, 1977. - Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Dr. J. B. Munn
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.216.3432.1
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Body sherd of large piriform jar, handle broken off. Red-range on cream. 3 thick, horizontal bands around vessel, and paint around where handle was attached. Buff fabric Chipped, interior encrusted. LH I-II
- Related Works
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