jar
- Museum number
- 1982,0729.318
- Description
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Pottery amphora or jar in White Painted I ware; depressed globular body on a low conical foot; tall cylindrical neck flaring to an everted rim; pair of opposing loop handles; buff-cream clay and slip, decorated in matt brown paint: bands around the body and neck, frieze of latticed triangles between the handles.
- Production date
- 1050BC-1000BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 19.10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The number 122 pencilled on the vase may refer to the original excavations, but this is uncertain. See D. Bailey, Op. Ath. VI (1965), pp. 5-13 for details of the Hake-Kitchener excavations at Kourion.
Parallels: J. Benson 1973, The necropolis of Kaloriziki (Göteborg), K104 (Tomb 25).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1982
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1982,0729.318
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 263-1883 (V&A number)
