jar
- Museum number
- 1890,1106.38-39
- Description
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Pottery fragment (two sherds joined with plaster restoration) from a bridge-spouted jar. Black slipped and painted with white ladder design and red band. Traces of white floral design.
- Production date
- 1850BC-1800BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.30 centimetres
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Weight: 13 grammes
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Width: 4.90 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Probably made at Phaistos, Crete. Fitton, J.L., Hughes, M. and Quirke, S. (1998), ‘Northerners at Lahun: Neutron Activation Analysis of Minoan and related pottery in the British Museum’, in S. Quirke (ed.) Lahun Studies, p. 116-7
- Location
- On display (G12/dc2)
- Acquisition date
- 1890
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1890,1106.38-39