FragmentsMycenaean2nd millennium BCE

Slipped Body Sherd of Closed Vessel

2nd millennium BCE

Description

Slipped with brown-black, though nearly entirely worn off. Traces of paint near top of sherd; band around vessel and a diagonal line. Ridges from throwing prominent on interior. Reddish-buff fabric.

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Mycenaean

Period

Helladic period

Century

2nd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. W. 3.3 Th. 0.4

Provenance

Bequest of David M. Robinson.

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