Body Shery Of Closed Vessel With Painted Decoration
12th-11th century BCE
Description
Sherd probably of a stirrup jar. Orange-brown to brown-grey paint on cream slip. Buff clay with grey core. There is a thick band of grey-brown paint around the vessel, with a portion of another band below it. Above, there are 2 groups of thin, orange-bown curiving lines, probably wavy vertical stems.
Dimensions
H. 3.7 W. 4.4 Th. 0.5
Provenance
Bequest of David M. Robinson.
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