FragmentsMycenaean12th-11th century BCE

Body Sherd of Closed Vessel with Painted Decoration

12th-11th century BCE

Description

Possibly from an amphoriskos. 2 bands of thin, brown paint, with 5 thinner, yellow-brown bands in between around vessel. From the bottom band, there are 2 groups of //, vertical brown bands. Brown-buff fabric. Weathered.

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Mycenaean

Period

Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIC

Century

12th-11th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Provenance

Gift of Professor C.E. Norton and Richard Norton. From the site of Tiryns in the Argolid.

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