FragmentsMycenaean2nd millennium BCE

Rim Sherd of Deep Bowl with Pictorial Stlye Painted Decoration

c. 1320-1190 BCE

Description

9 red-brown dots on lip. Cross-bar heel motif on buff slip, just below neck. 4 dots inside the wheel. Interior is monochrome buff. Buff-pink fabric. Slightly encrusted and chipped.

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Mycenaean

Period

Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIB

Century

2nd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H.5.4 x W.6.2 x Th.0.3 cm (2 1/8 x 2 7/16 x 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Bequest of David M. Robinson. From the site of Mycenae in the Argolid.

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