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kalathos
Object Type
kalathos
Museum number
1870,1008.125
Description
Pottery bowl (kalathos) (Furumark Shape 291). Minor restorations in plaster. Painted with brown bands, inside and out; painted bars on rim and handles. Decorated with three female figures standing on the rim (the fourth is missing) . Of the three surviving figures, two have their arms pressed against their chest and the third clasps her hands behind her neck. The figures probably represent mourning women.
Cultures/periods
Late Helladic IIIC
(early)
Production date
1200BC-1130BC
Production place
Made in:
Greece
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir Alfred Biliotti
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Ialysus
, tomb 12
Materials
pottery
Type series
Furumark FS 291
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Diameter:
15.40 centimetres
Height:
14.90 centimetres
Weight:
319 grammes
Curator's comments
p. 122 Mee, C. (1982), Rhodes in the Bronze Age.
Bibliographic references
Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum
(A950)
Furumark 1941 / The Mycenaean Pottery. Analysis and Classification.
(FS 291:11)
Location
On display
(G12/dc8)
Acquisition name
From:
Sir Alfred Biliotti
Funder name
Funded by:
John Ruskin
Acquisition date
1870
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1870,1008.125
Conservation
Treatment
: 23 Sep 1997