jar; alabastron

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Object Type: jar; alabastron
Museum number: 1899,1229.22
Description: Pottery squat alabastron (jar) in Mycenaean ware (Furumark Shape 85); wheel-made; squat body with two side handles; made of fine buff clay decorated with red to brown lustrous paint: broad and narrow bands around the body, concentric cicles on the base.
Cultures/periods: Mycenaean; Late Helladic IIIA2; Late Helladic IIIB
Production date: 1400 BC-1200 BC
Production place: Made in: Greece
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: The British Museum; Excavated by: Percy Christian; Excavated by: Francis Bertram Welch
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Kouklia, Tomb near the path leading to Orides (located NE of village).
Materials
Type series
Technique: wheel-made; slipped; painted
Dimensions: Height: 4.40 centimetres
Curator's comments: See SCE IV/1C, 321 [FS] Type 85 which includes BM C495 and 496 though both are closer in size to the average dimensions of examples in Furumark's group.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition date: 1899
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1899,1229.22

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