bowl

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Object Type: bowl
Museum number: 1887,0505.1
Description: Pottery deep bowl (Furumark Shape 284). Painted with brown antithetic spiral with central triglyph (FM 50). Thin bands below. Handles solid painted. Band at rim.
Cultures/periods: Late Helladic IIIB; Late Helladic IIIC (early)
Production date: 1300BC-1130BC
Production place: Made in: Greece
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Pothia
Materials: pottery
Type series: Furumark FS 284
Technique: painted
Dimensions: Diameter: 163 millimetres; Height: 110 millimetres; Weight: 386 grammes; Width: 195 millimetres; Depth: 165 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (A1020); Furumark 1941 / The Mycenaean Pottery. Analysis and Classification. (FS 284:36); Mountjoy 1999 / Regional Mycenean Decorated Pottery (Kalymnos 8) (p. 1129)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Donated by: W R Paton
Acquisition date: 1887
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1887,0505.1
Conservation: Treatment: 24 Sep 2013

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