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Stirrup Jar with Painted Decoration

16th-14th century BCE

Stirrup jar. Slightly convex top-disc painted with dot, disc is slightly broader than spout. Small hollowed ring base. Loop of paint connecting spout to false spout. Wide concentric band enclose smaller concentric bands around vessel atshoulder, below belly, and at base.

Buff slip, brown-black paint. scratched, pitted, chipped.

Cypro-Mycenaean. Late Cypriot II (c. 1400-1200)

Period

Helladic period, Late

Date

16th-14th century BCE

Culture

Mycenaean

Dimensions

H: 9.00 cm W: 10.50 cm

Findspot

Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus

Museum

Harvard Art Museums

Accession Number

1977.216.3385

Image Source

harvard

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