alabastron; jar

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Object Type: alabastron; jar
Museum number: 1899,1229.121
Description: Pottery Late Helladic (Mycenaean) straight-sided alabastron (small jar), of Furumark type FS 95; wheel-made; slightly rounded base; short neck with flaring rim; two raised horizontal handles on the shoulder; made of fine buff clay and slip, decorated with reddish brown semi-lustrous paint: encircling bands on shoulder, body and base, solid neck and handles.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1300BC-1200BC
Production place: Made in: Greece
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: The British Museum; Excavated by: Francis Bertram Welch; Excavated by: Percy Christian
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Klavdia, Tomb A14
Materials
Type series
Technique: wheel-made; painted; slipped
Dimensions: Diameter: 7 centimetres (rim); Height: 8.90 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (C492); Malmgren 2003 / Klavdhia-Tremithos. A Middle and Late Cypriote Bronze Age site. (no. 78, p. 45); SCE IV/1C / The Swedish Cyprus Expedition vol. IV. Part IC. The Late Cypriot Bronze Age. Architecture and pottery (p.324, Type 95, l); Kiely 2011d / Klavdia-Tremithos: A Bronze Age community in south-east Cyprus (A14.1)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition date: 1899
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1899,1229.121

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