FragmentsMycenaean14th-12th century BCE

Body Sherd Of Closed Vessel With Painted Decoration

14th-12th century BCE

Description

From amphora or jug. Brown-orange on cream. 3 thick, // lines around vessel. Pink-buff fabric with buff core. Stone temper visible on surface. Upper right in image.

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Mycenaean

Period

Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIB

Century

14th-12th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. 8.5 W. 8.6 Th. 0.4-0.7

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Pfeiffer-Hartwell Collection. From the site of Mycenae in the Argolid.

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