jar
- Museum number
- 1982,0729.398
- Description
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Pottery amphoriskos of jar in Proto-White Painted or White Painted ware; wheel-made; globular-biconcial body on a conical foot; narrow concave neck flaring to an everted rim; pair of opposing loop handles; buff clay and cream-white slip, decorated with matt black-brown paint: bands on the body and neck, two wavy lines in the frieze between the handles; hatched triangles on the shoulder; surface and paint very worn.
- Production date
- 1050BC-1000BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 17.10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The illegible number pencilled on the body 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: Benson J. 1972, The necropolis of Kaloriziki (Göteborg), K98 (Tomb 25), pl. 17.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1982
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1982,0729.398
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 255-1883 (V&A number)
