Amphora

MS6003

From: Greece | Crete | Vrokastro (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS6003
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cretan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Vrokastro (uncertain)
Period Geometric Period
Date Made 9th century BCE - 8th century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Profile is preserved from very near the bottom to a point well up on shoulder; restored in plaster within these limits. Points of attachment of left handle preserved. Decoration of part of two sides preserved. Around belly on one side are preserved parts of four panels: hatched lozenges; horizontal rows of chevrons; hatched lozenges; concentric circles. In the same position on the opposite side is preserved part of a panel of concentric circles. Wheel run lines below the panels and on shoulder. On upper shoulder a hatched design.

Height 46 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912

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