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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.3432.5
Title
Body Sherd Of Jar With Painted Decoration
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Places
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Peloponnesus
Period
Helladic period, Late Helladic IIB
Culture
Mycenaean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/328885

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
H. 3.3 W. 2.3 Th. 0.5-0.6

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Said to come from the site of Kakovantos in the Peloponnesus.
Gift of Dr. J. B. Munn to the Department of the Classics.
Transfer from the Department of the Classics, 1977.

Acquisition and Rights

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
1977.216.3432.5
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Body sherd of piriform jar. Black-brown on cream. Thick horizontal band around vessel, with a dotted diagonal band of 6 dots. Perhaps part of a dotted spiral motif. Brown-buff fabric with many inclusions. Paint cracking.

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