Jar

MS6039

From: Greece | Crete | Vrokastro (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS6039
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cretan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Vrokastro (uncertain)
Period Geometric Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Fragments of a large open jar with triglyph and metope pattern on shoulder. no neck, only a rounded lip. A large section preserving profile from lower wall to upper shoulder. Three sections preserving rounded lip and shoulder area. A six non-joining fragments. Decoration in red-brown or dilute glaze on exterior; interior covered entirely with glaze. Decoration on exterior, except for mid-shoulder, in glaze bands and lines of several widths, wheel-painted. Shoulder design: "triglyph and metope." in metopes there is on one side a solid semi-circular design with short rays; on the other side a vertical line of short diagonal strokes. On the largest preserved section is part of a larger panel with a larger version of the semi-circular motif.

Height 25 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912

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