stirrup jar

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Object Type: stirrup jar
Museum number: 1978,0701.5
Description: Pottery globular stirrup jar (Furumark Shape 175). Painted with thick and thin brown bands on the body; necklace decoration (FM 72) in shoulder zone.
Cultures/periods: Late Helladic IIIC (late)
Production date: 1090BC-1060BC
Production place: Made in: Greece
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Athens (probably)
Materials: pottery
Technique: painted
Dimensions: Height: 19.40 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (A1097); Furumark 1941 / The Mycenaean Pottery. Analysis and Classification. (FS 175:52)
Location: On display (G12/dc7)
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (probably)
Acquisition notes: Previously unregistered.
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1978,0701.5
Conservation: Treatment: 23 Jul 1997

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