FragmentsMycenaean15th-14th century BCE

Body Sherd Of Stirrup Jar With Painted Decoration

15th-14th century BCE

Description

Probably from a stirrup jar. Black on cream. Extremely thick (1.9 cm) band of paint with a thinner band above and below. Paint cracking and chipped. Pinkish fabric. Lower right in image.

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Mycenaean

Period

Helladic period, Late Helladic IIIA

Century

15th-14th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. 3.7 W. 3.9 Th. 0.4

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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