Bowl

Squat alabastron; everted rim; low neck; high shoulder; four handles on the shoulder, two horizontal and two vertical. Fine to medium textured, pink (7.5 YR 8/4) clay with light and dark inclusions, with decoration in reddish brown to black paint. Wiped with water and burnished. Band on rim, inside and out; foliate band composed of pairs of petals with no central line on upper shoulder; bands on lower body; lines on handles. Restored from fragments; some sherds missing. Surface eroded. Comments: LM IB-IIIA: I (probably LM IB). For the decoration compares Hawes et al. 1908: pl. 7, nos. 17 and 33; pl. 8, nos. 15 and 31 (Gournia). For the shape compare vol. I, no. 65, with parallels (Pseira).